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...Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 73, of the University of Chicago and William A. Fowler, 72, of Caltech for their work on the evolution of stars. The winner of the chemistry prize was Stanford's Henry Taube, 67, for his elucidation of the basic mechanisms of complex chemical reactions. Scientists agreed that the honors were long overdue. Including the previously announced medicine prize, this year's list of laureates gave the U.S. its first clean sweep in the Nobel science prizes since 1976 and continued four decades of American domination of the awards...
Unlike Chandrasekhar, whom he regards as his idol, the Pittsburgh-born Fowler is cherubically gregarious, almost as devoted to his beloved Pirates and old locomotives as to physics. His chief scientific interest: the nuclear reactions deep within the fiery interiors of stars. Chandra's work together with Fowler's, says University of Chicago Astronomy Professor John Simpson, "formed the basis for making models of the death and birth of stars." By the 1950s, astronomers realized that most of the universe's 90-odd elements, or types of atoms, had been "cooked" not at the moment...
...billion, claiming that the AT&T breakup will cut its revenues 45% while reducing operating expenses only 15%. In California, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph is seeking an increase of $1.2 billion, which would double the current monthly charge of $7 a household. Some observers, like FCC Chairman Mark Fowler, consider the requests opportunistic. Said he: "I suspect a hefty portion of these proposed increases may be an effort by the local companies to use the dramatic changes in the industry as an excuse to seek higher rates than warranted...
Jamie Lee Curtis puts Murphy's leap to stardom in perspective: "I love it that despite all his success, Eddie acts like he's 22 years old. His life is cars and girls, girls and cars. More cars. More girls." Last September Murphy broke off with Shirley Fowler, a student of social work at the University of Pittsburgh, and is now assiduously playing the field. Observes Walter Hill: "Eddie can hear the rustle of nylon stockings at 50 yards." If anything bugs Murphy, it is the matter of image: "I don't think that entertainers should...
...accident also took the life of a friend of Metz's Lee Fowler of Cambridge...