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...study will be made by radar astronomy, closely allied to the radio astronomy so prominent in the Observatory's recent work. The distincton between this project and radio astronomy lies in the fact that the radio waves are sent up from the ground first, and not emitted by the subjects--in this case, the meteors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Observatory to Operate Meteor-Study Radar Net | 3/23/1956 | See Source »

...stopped off at Kalimpong, a small outpost in the hills of northeast India, to clear up the diplomatic preliminaries with Britain. In anticipation of the barbaric fashions of the Court of St. James's, Yuthok cut off his waist-length hair, the mark of a Tibetan layman* of distincton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hairline Decision | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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