Word: detective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...refusal in March to impose higher tariffs on shoe imports is seen as an effective countering force, at least in spirit. Indeed the Europeans and the Japanese are by and large encouraged by what they have seen of Carter so far. Says one top European policymaker: "I detect a world approach that is very impressive." The President hopes to revive the bogged-down Tokyo Round of tariff-cutting trade negotiations begun two years ago in Geneva. Says one White House official: "All it takes is the necessary resolution by the top guys, and they will all be in London...
...will," the President replies. "Any time you detect a subcommittee member who's willing to help us, just let me know. I'll be glad to give them a call...
...infrared astronomy, says researchers will use the new telescope to make a systematic survey of quasars--the most distant, fastest-moving objects in the universe. Quasars also emit radiation at vastly higher levels than any other objects, because of their distance from earth. Only a large telescope can detect them. Quasars may provide astronomers with a window on the early history of the universe because their light takes billions of years to reach the earth. Gursky says he expects a survey of the quasars to reveal a great deal about the structure of the universe...
...Eddy, a visiting scientist at the Center, has shown how the amount of radioactive carbon in tree rings can be related to sunspots. Increased solar activity leads to warmer climates, Eddy says, raising the radiocarbon content of the rings. Another group of astronomers, working with radio telescopes designed to detect water vapor in remote parts of our own galaxy, found they could also use the radio telescope to measure the amount of water vapor in the earth's atmosphere. The method proved cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques, like taking samples with rocket probes...
...native of Brooklyn and a graduate of New York's City College, the precise, soft-spoken Press did his doctoral studies at Columbia University and worked with Geophysicist Maurice Ewing to develop a highly sensitive seismograph that can detect even the slightest earth tremors. The device, known as the Press-Ewing seismograph, is now one of the standard tools of earth scientists around the world. Press was also one of the organizers of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), which began, in 1957, as a multidisciplined, worldwide scientific investigation of the earth and the space around it. IGY eventually grew...