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...example, pressure readings in the cabin, data from the computers-and imposed them on a single "carrier" frequency of 2,282.5 megahertz. An amplifier increased the signal's power from half a watt to 20 watts, the strength of a small ham-radio transmitter. The 26-in. dish antenna, perched atop the LM, then beamed the signal to earth...
...surface than terrestrial mirrors by shaping it with ion beams (which are effective only in a vacuum) instead of abrasives. Several astronomers have pointed out that round lunar craters lined with chicken wire would make ideal reflectors for radio telescopes similar to the 1,000-ft. Cornell University radio dish, set in a rounded valley near Arecibo, Puerto Rico...
Despite reports to the contrary, it is the hot dog, not apple pie, that is the supremely typical American dish. Or at least it used to be, before it fell on evil times. These days, an Agriculture Department hearing was told last week, franks average as much as 32.% fat, 11% more than the franks of the '50s. Some go as high as 51%-leading to the question of whether the product should be called a fatfurter...
...Martin's parents thanked the Dean and took Martin across the street. There he was examined by a sweet old lady who was not a full psychiatrist but a psychiatric social worker or, as Martin put it, a shrink-trainee (which sounded to him like some kind of seafood dish, but he didn't pursue the comparison any further.) Anyway, she told Martin's parents and Martin that he masn't really in bad shape (mind you, she was only a trainee) and that all he needed was to take a more positive approach to things, and that everything would...
Calkins is a friedly man. He is young, handsome, tall, and slim. But his pants are sometimes baggier than a hero's should be. A bronze Calkins bust or a lacquered Calkins face on the bottom of a party dish would not look quite the same as a Kennedy face did in the same circumstances...