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...example, contains ten overlapping electrodes that form the digits 0 to 9. If current is sent into one of these electrodes, all of which have their own separate connections at the base of the tube, the electrode will light up (reason: the gas surrounding that electrode quickly begins to glow...
...this junction will flow in only one direction: from the N side to the P side, much the same as the oneway current flow in old-fashioned radio vacuum tubes called diodes. Even more significant, certain semiconductors, notably those made of gallium phosphide and gallium arsenide phosphide, will glow with a bright red light when current is flowing through them...
...artist tries to withdraw from this day-glow treatment to the archetypical farm or fishing shack he runs the risk of destroying his talent, since he must dirty his hands in the corruptions of the real world if he is to remain vital. J.D. Salinger does his writing in a bomb shelter in New Hampshire, and he hasn't produced anything readable in thirteen years. We just don't have writers anymore who can lead public lives and still recall those ancient sages who, when an enemy took the town, walked out of the gate empty handed, without a care...
...close any deals on your first visit to the development or while still basking in the rosy glow of a sales talk. Go home and think about...
...program began at 8 p.m. when the handsome, middle-aged Sassoon galloped down the stairs from the rear of the auditorium to the stage area where, in the glow of two spotlights, he glesfully declared, "We're going to have a smashing time this evening...