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Monterey, Calif., Wharf Theater: June Havoc in The Threepenny Opera...
...first two races of Sunday's tournament were "drifters," with practically no wind; but the breeze picked up during the afternoon, and gusts of wind up knots nearly created havoc during the final five races...
...seek to determine how well the hulls of submarines-including the subs that carry the Polaris missile-will stand up to nuclear attack. Nuclear weapons will be detonated at high altitudes to check the effect on ground communications and radar. In previous tests, ionization caused by nuclear explosions wreaked havoc with electronics gear, raised the possibility that an enemy might try to knock out the electronic network of U.S. defenses by exploding warheads at high altitudes...
...cartridge has the related but somewhat different task of converting wiggles in plastic into electrical signals approximating those originally made by the recoring engineer's mikes. While neither a speaker nor a microphone can harm the air it contacts in its attention to its duty, a cartridge can wreak havoc on its medium, the plastic of your records. Clearly, your choice of a cartridge will have a strong bearing on the satisfaction you receive from your home music system. The immediate factor of sound quality and the long range effect of record life will determine the grade you give your...
...sizable increase in the number of students returning early from leaves of absence is playing havoc with already overcrowded rooming arrangements this fall...