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...certain way -- were confirmed within just a few years, convincing scientists that relativity was a revolutionary discovery, not just a mathematical curiosity. But Einstein thought another of his claims would never be proved. His theory predicted that fast-moving, massive objects emit gravity waves, small distortions moving through the fabric of space and time. Einstein said these waves would be virtually undetectable, and it was not until a few years ago that physicists began their so far futile search for the elusive ripples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Signals From Distant Disasters | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

...which have sprung up in the past ten years. But perhaps the best example of the movement's infectious power is that it has even touched Japan, where the intimacy between business and government has kept environmentalism from penetrating far into the nation's legal and political fabric. Even there, bands of environmentalists have formed to protest Japan's frenetic construction of golf courses, successfully stopping the destruction of woodlands in about 20 cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Earth Day Greening From the Roots Up | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...completed when the last Egyptian gave up his pursuit. Free and independent, the people made a covenent with their God and with each other, a compact of morality and equity. They tried to capture the spirit of liberation, the excitement of freedom and to weave them into the fabric of everyday society...

Author: By Jonathan S. Savett, | Title: Servitude to Service: A Pesach Message | 4/14/1990 | See Source »

...Parents should watch how children use their toys. Then they can encourage them to add more imaginative props, including such common household items as plastic strainers, cardboard tubes, fabric remnants and toys like Lego blocks and Play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: How To Neutralize G.I. Joe | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...bins in the shop is cluttered with wing sections, striped fabric, fuselage stringers and bulkheads. No plane is immediately discernible in this jumble of disparate parts. You stare for a few seconds, and then the puzzle begins to come together -- a Hawker Hurricane. You drift back 49 years, and you can hear again the urgent voice of Edward R. Murrow coming over the old cathedral radio, describing the dogfights above him in the Battle of Britain. Hurricanes, though less glamorous than the legendary Spitfires, took more punishment and could be patched up and sent back into battle quicker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silver Hill, Maryland: A Flight Down Memory Lane | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

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