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...waving grasses of the Illinois prairie. In the Tevatron, strong magnets guide subatomic particles through a circular tunnel that is 6.4 km (4 miles) in circumference. The accelerator is built as a ring so that particles can go around the track again and again, picking up speed with each lap. The ring was built large so that the particles would not have to make sharp turns...
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Cymbeline's early claim to fame was that the poet Tennyson had apparently died with a copy of the play open on his lap. After seeing it produced at the Huntington Theatre, the inevitable reaction is: "Who can blame...
...other side of the restaurant, Michelle R. Voci, clutching her black suede purse on her lap, disproves Aamoth's theory about women's lust for Husky cheeseburgers...
...premier historians. From Palm Beach, Fla., to Santa Barbara, Calif., via her syndicated column and New York City television show, she catalogs the follies and the triumphs of the famous, able in the wink of a cliche to make careers and unwrap reputations. Some folks can't wait to lap up her latest morsels; others think she ought to have her typewriter confiscated. "She has the power to get people to pay attention," says 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace, who is both friend and frequent subject. "If Liz talks good or ill, people's interest is piqued...