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...seem reasonable to those giving out the credentials. The DNC can risk offending some college reporters who have two months to cool off before they file. Regardless of the satisfaction derived from getting in, however, it will be a long time before I forget hearing that nominating roll call filter up seven levels to the balcony where I was waiting 25 deep to get a 20-minute pass...
...Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy have now come up with an answer. Theorizing that Pluto is far enough from the sun to escape its heat and thus likely to be covered by ice, the trio used the telescope at Kitt Peak, Ariz., to study the planet through different filters. One filter passed light waves characteristic of those reflected by water ice; the other, the wave lengths intensely reflected by methane ice. The tests showed that Pluto is largely covered by frozen methane. They also give an idea of how cold it is on the distant planet. Methane, the basic...
Strains of Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky filter through the windows of the three-story brick building on 152nd Street. Inside rehearsal pianos thump in the three studios, trumpet blasts pierce the music room, and sewing machines buzz in the basement costume department. A nine-year-old pastes sequins on a ballerina's tutu. Dancers study acting, music, dance notation. D.T.H. builds its own scenery, and company members help the technical crew put up the show. They even know how to make costumes. If a dancer's costume pulls or sags in the crotch, he can tell the seamstress that...
Because the walls let air filter through and the pipes had no insulation, even if the room temperature remained at 40 degrees the pipes could be operating in a ten-degree air pocket, Hall said...
...People filter by her randomly, oblivious to the start and finish of the film they'll happen on. Mostly men buy 300 passes to the triple-X-rated features each day. These movies are made for men, she says. They realize that she knows what they plan on doing in there, and they're timid. A few Orientals brush by with their hands shoved stiffly into their pockets. They probably came down Beach St. from China Town...