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Suddenly, at 93 Kelvin (-292 degrees F), the resistance dropped precipitously. The substance had become a superconductor, able to transmit current with virtually no loss of energy. "We were so excited and so nervous that our hands were shaking," says Physicist Maw-kuen Wu. "At first we were suspicious that it was an error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Superconductivity Heats Up | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Their children are equally diametrical. Paul Fang (Kelvin Han Yee) devotes his time to football and a Caucasian girlfriend. Lili spends her time in dutiful pursuits, studying English for the college entrance exams and giggling with her girlfriend...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: A Great Wall | 7/11/1986 | See Source »

...When the President does it, that means it is not illegal," 1977). Also Jimmy Carter ("Because of the greatness of the Shah, Iran is an island of stability in the Middle East," 1977). Also Ronald Reagan, often. But so are laboratories full of more justly certified savants like Lord Kelvin, the respected British physicist ("X rays are a hoax," circa 1900), and Dr. Linard Williams, medical officer to the Insurance Institute of London, who said in 1932: "If your eyes are set wide apart you should be a vegetarian, because you inherit the digestive characteristics of bovine or equine ancestry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Look It Up | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

SAVAGE/LOVE at the Nucleo Eclettico theater is modern love poetry set to music, set to an actor and actress, set to life. The playwrights, Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin, combine drama and poetry to explore all the problems and possibilities of communication between a MAN (Kelvin Kerage) and a WOMAN (Maryann Bergonzi). Itself an experiment in communication, this stylistic compromise of genres achieves a rare and successful blend of sensitivity and irony...

Author: By Gregory M. Daniels, | Title: The Poetry of Duality | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

...yard drives as he did against the Minutemen, but the Army defense has proved somewhat porous in its three earlier outings UNC rushed for 421 yards against the Cadets, not a shocking statistic given the match-up, unless you consider that Tar Heel running back and Heisman candidate Kelvin Bryant didn't play a single down when Army visited Chapel Hill. Still, Crimson halfbacks Tim McGugan--today's starter--and Scott McCabe should be aware that the Cadets held Lafayette to 46 yards on the ground, when they look for the holes the UNC backs found last weekend...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Army Deadly on Ground Despite Lack of Air Force | 10/2/1982 | See Source »

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