Word: interactives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Aviation Administration has been working with two U.S. companies to solve the problem. Starting next summer, the FAA will receive five new devices developed by San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. for screening checked luggage. The machine bombards luggage with neutrons that interact with the nitrogen in explosives, touching off a characteristic pattern of gamma rays. In tests conducted last summer at Los Angeles and San Francisco airports, the devices spotted more than 95% of suitcases containing test samples of explosive materials. But because they employ dangerous radiation, the machines, which cost as much as $1 million each...
...think it's always valuable for a school of government to have the opportunity to interact with someone who's had actual government experience," said David Runkel, acting director of the Institute of Politics (IOP). "Dukakis would be a good addition to the school, if that's what he wants...
...same time, however, the letter becomes a wall separating the boy from his mother. It is a gift that has been given him to unravel, and McElroy suggests that the boy cannot freely interact with others until he unravels the letter's past as well as its future...
Only Cabot and Currier have a central room where more than a very few students can interact at any time, day or night. If the University is as committed to the house system as its says, more houses should offer such facilities...
...proposals for the student center are facilities which the houses either are or should be offering--namely, grills, rehearsal space, common rooms and an atmosphere in which students can interact with faculty without feeling self-conscious. Setting up a student center would merely detract from the camaraderie and community spirit which the houses should foster. Instead of designing an inadequate, poorly-planned "student center," the University should try to revive the neglected house system...