Word: eye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issue is one of those complex numerical puzzles that tend to glaze the most attentive eye. But it is important because it concerns the allotment of delegates to the next convention. The conservatives were clearly in control of this convention and they want things kept that way four years hence. They were scarcely ruffled by a federal court decision last spring that ruled that the present delegate apportionment is unconstitutional. A conservative majority on the Rules Committee proceeded to modify the system a little, but the basic inequity remained...
...Nouvel Observateur reported that those who saw Oufkir's body the next morning said that one bullet had hit him in the stomach, another near the lung, a third in the right arm, and a fourth in the back of his neck emerging through his left eye-too many wounds for a suicide...
Like so many other triumphs of science, the laser has become a double-edged sword. Capable of producing an enormously powerful, very narrow beam of light, it has been used to perform delicate surgery on the retina of the eye, puncture tiny holes in material as hard as diamonds, produce three-dimensional pictures called holograms, and even measure the distance from earth to the moon (with an error of only a few inches). But the laser can also be used for less peaceful purposes. It provides, for example, the guiding light for the Air Force's extremely accurate "smart...
...change that with a new-look campaign aimed at enlisting at least one out of every three American boys in scouting. The push begins with the publication-on recycled paper-of the completely revised eighth edition of the official Boy Scout Handbook. Two changes are immediately apparent to the eye of an old Scout. Gone are advertisements for bicycles, fishing gear, .22 rifles and the first athletic supporter...
...grand jury scrutiny effectively restricts the ability of the press to expose, investigate and analyze. Indeed, the Supreme Court's decision must come as welcome relief to shysters who know the chances are 50-50 they can buy off the police, but who become queasy under the curious eye of a self-righteous, snooping reporter...