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...time that it turned to its next target, a super giant star named Iota Carina, the orbiting observatory had already transmitted a record amount of ul traviolet data. In the previous 15 years, scientists had accumulated only three hours of ultraviolet stargazing during the flights of 40 telescope-equipped sounding rockets, which briefly poke their noses above the atmosphere before falling back to earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astronomy: Observatory in the Sky | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

...commercials, when we automatically drop the books and "tune in." It's the simplest thing in the world to study while the forces of good and evil meet in climactic clash deciding the fate of civilization, but it's a sheer impossibility to maintain even an iota of concentration when a beautiful girl huskily tells you to "take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 19, 1968 | 7/19/1968 | See Source »

...local papers encourage this hang-up, for every time there's an iota of good news about the Red Sox, it is turned into an avalanche. A case in point is that of George Scott in 1966. A rookie, Scott hit a lot of home runs in the spring. Did this make him just a promising rookie? No. It made him God. Day after day, a George Scott story was as regular a feature in the paper as the television listing. WILL GEORGE SCOTT BREAK BABE'S RECORD? INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE'S FIRST GRADE TEACHER. GEORGE'S MOTHER SAYS GEORGE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: However Did the Red Sox Do It? | 10/5/1967 | See Source »

Whitney Young is the nation's only Negro-and one of the few Americans -who has instant access to almost any corporate boardroom in the U.S. Without retreating one iota from his own ideals or minimizing his demands, Young manages to communicate with America's top executives on their own level-and more important-bring them over to his side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: The Other 97% | 8/11/1967 | See Source »

...local papers encourage this hang-up, for every time there's an iota of good news about the Red Sox, it is turned into an avalanche. A case in point is that of George Scott in 1966. A rookie, Scott hit a lot of home runs in the spring. Did this make him just a promising rookie? No. It made him God. Day after day, a George Scott story was as regular a feature in the paper as the television listing. WILL GEORGE SCOTT BREAK BABE'S RECORD? INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE'S FIRST GRADE TEACHER. GEORGE'S MOTHER SAYS GEORGE...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Something Special About the Red Sox | 8/1/1967 | See Source »

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