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...assembly-line conveyor belt, moving parts momentarily interrupt strategically placed jets of air shooting across the belt. The interrupted air jets, connected to the control jets of a fluidic circuit, cause power streams to flow and stop, opening and closing valves. The valves in turn activate automated pneumatic machines that process the passing parts...
...large demonstration on Cambridge Common and picketing around Sanders Theatre. All that happened then, however, was that someone let the air out of the tires of Wallace's car. And when Madame Nhu arrived a few weeks later, angry critics marched outside Rindge Tech shouting loud enough to interrupt her speech inside several times. But neither of these incidents was anything like what happened last Monday. The reaction to McNamara caught the College's top administrators by surprise and left them cold with indignation...
...took the rejection and resolved that evening (Wednesday) to answer it with a rally and a "disruptive" demonstration in the Quincy House courtyard. (Simultaneously, however, it resolved not to interrupt any of the private sessions.) Now that the possibility of debate had been formally disposed of, the major questions revolved about the nature and location of the demonstration. But things were not as simple as they seemed...
...even if today's doctor knew which sex to expect, and even if he could predict trouble, there would be little for him to do except prepare to interrupt the pregnancy or to provide treatment after birth. Soon, however, prenatal care for fetuses still in the womb may be possible for a host of problems. And if sex is an element in the diagnosis, the doctor will be more curious than ever. But how will he tell...
...strike a blow for helpless televiewers who get bombarded constantly with sales pitches that the networks callously strew through televised movies. The judge's decision, in fact, seemed to be heading in that direction. "It is true," said Judge Richard L. Wells, "that the effect of the commercial interruptions was to lessen, to decrease, to disturb, to interrupt, and to weaken the mood, effect or continuity and the audience involvement-and therefore some of the artistry of the film." But then, reversing course, Wells found NBC not guilty, and concluded: "The average television viewer is thick-skinned about commercials...