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...around 9 a.m., U.S. aircraft dropped four 500-pound laser-guided bombs on buildings that the 1st ID says had been turned into insurgent positions. "There were three anti-Iraqi strong points that they were firing from," Stewart told TIME two hours after the air strike. "We destroyed the buildings...
When you watch a long DVD movie, you may notice a hiccup two-thirds of the way through, when the DVD player's laser jumps from the first layer of the disc's data to the second. Most DVD videos are one-sided, two-layer discs that can store the film plus extras and cinematic audio, but DVD burners for computer or home theater have until now recorded only onto single-layer discs. Sony is first with a two-layer burner, the $199 DRU-700A for Windows PCs, while Iomega and Dell are about to introduce products with double-layer...
Working in the Lyman laboratory, the researchers used a technique known as electro-magnetically induced transparency, in which they fired a red laser light pulse into a sealed glass cylinder containing rubidium vapor. They fired two control beams through the vapor, rather than the one beam used in previous experiments, so that their interaction simulated the effect of tiny atomic mirrors...
Shofner, now a laser eye surgeon in Nashville, Tenn., says he occasionally stops by The Fly for drinks around reunion time. For the most part, however, he says he is “too busy making people see” to reflect much on the incident, laughing, “I guess I can’t get ’em to see the way I want...
What are today's companies looking for in a shiny new CEO? Talk of vision and synergies has been replaced almost everywhere by a laser-like focus on profitability. Debt and heavy-handed micromanagement are out; sustainable earnings and delegation of authority are in. Some corporate crises, such as Parmalat's, may be too big for any mortal to solve completely and point to the need for broader regulatory changes. But the new boys--women remain rare in the top jobs in corporate Europe--are under enormous pressure to untangle the failed legacy of their predecessors as fast as possible...