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Finally, like a shaft of lightning or a sign from the heavens, the Harvard men's hockey team won--and won decisively too.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revival On Ice | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

That it does in Wilson's production, and gloriously. Ignoring Stein's simulacrum of a plot (the lives of 16th century Spanish saints), Wilson treats the opera's Dadaesque musings as a delicate dreamscape, filling the stage with characteristically elliptical images. Some, such as a levitating illuminated triangle, are familiar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINDING THE THERE THERE | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

The race to discover planets around sunlike stars proved similarly fruitless until about 18 months ago. At the time, Marcy and Butler were sure they had the inside track on finding them. The telescope they use, at Lick Observatory in the mountains above California's Silicon Valley, has an excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

Each day, as the Earth turns, the BETA (for Billion-channel Extra-Terrestrial Assay) telescope sweeps a circular swath through the heavens, elevated at a slightly different fixed angle from the horizon with each successive turn. During each circuit it captures radio waves reaching Earth at frequencies between 1400 and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LISTENING FOR ALIENS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

"He is a very straight shooter," says President Neil L. Rudenstine. "He will say straight what's on his mind, and that may sometimes seem...blunt. But thank heavens for a bit of honesty and candor."

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Lewis' Trying Term | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

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