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Inner Memory. What can the Mark III do? For one thing, it can multiply two 16-digit numbers in a little more than twelve one-thousandths of a second. But this prodigious speed gives little idea of the machine's talents. Its strong point is its "inner memory." This "memory" consists of nine big aluminum cylinders revolving up to 7,200 r.p.m. Their surfaces are coated with black magnetic material. Huddled around them are staggered rows of little brass blocks enclosing electromagnets. When a brief electric impulse flashes through an electromagnet, it prints a dot of magnetism...
...protect the identity of tipsters, the Sun-Times told them to "sign" their letters with six-digit numbers and tear off a jagged corner of the page; when a murderer is convicted, the newspaper will print the "winning" number and the tipster can present the missing piece of paper and claim his $5,000 reward. The Los Angeles Mirror (TIME, June 13) has copied the Sun-Times scheme...
This dictum, pronouned after practice, had to be modified on the appearance in the medical sanctum of assistant coach Eddie Davis with a wounded second finger on his right hand. Davis, a giant tackle on the 1946 team and a present Business School student, revealed that the injured digit had been "caught in a mousetrap play...
...machine which can do 100 six-digit multiplications in a minute through a box in which there are no movable parts (the answer to the answers: 396 electronic tubes...
Nine. A preoccupied, businesslike air marks Nine. At home and in school he perfects his skills by repetition-whether it is throwing darts or dividing by one digit. Usually a good pupil, especially at math, Nine likes to classify his knowledge (flags, airplanes, military ranks). Beginning to develop a conscience, Nine takes blame if he thinks he deserves it, but has the inner resources to get along without praise. Nine does not want to be babied, favors his gang over his family...