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...space satellite telescope--known as the Advanced X-Ray Astronomy Facility (AXAF)--is one example of Harvard and MIT's move to the forefront of astronomical study. Other projects have included the Einstein Observatory, the less powerful prototype of the current satellite which orbited the earth from 1978-1981, and the X-Ray Timing Explorer, an MIT operated satellite...
Gates, 28, has helped catapult Microsoft to the forefront of the software industry, and his list of customers includes every major manufacturer of personal computers. When IBM wanted an operating system for its Personal Computer, it turned to Gates. When Apple needed software for its Macintosh, it gave Microsoft a test model to use in writing the programs. Gates helped with the design of Radio Shack's Model 100, the first truly portable computer. Microsoft produced the MSX systems software that will be used for a new series of Japanese computers. Thanks to that business (and more), Gates...
Over the years, Cambridge has remained at the forefront of the world peace movement, creating a "nuclear free" zone, appointing a public peace commissioner, setting up sister cities with urban centers in other nations and most recently banning research on nerve gas. Despite the city's best efforts, however multi-national brotherhood remains a dream...
...look back, we've accomplished a lot," said the forward, who in four years watched the Harvard squad come to the forefront of Ivy men's basketball. "They've got something they can carry...
That's about as well as we've played all year," said Cornell Coach lam Miller, who in four years has brought the Big Red to the forefront of Ivy hoop...