Word: layered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...earth-type life. But they may have been fooling themselves. The earth's strong magnetic field acts as a buffer that deflects most cosmic rays. If Venus has little or no magnetism, the rays must hit the top of its atmosphere, perhaps creating an ionized layer that looks hot when examined by earth's radio telescopes. Under this layer (if it exists) and under the Venusian clouds, the planet's surface may be cool enough to support some kind of life...
...down. By insisting on high standards and by patiently training local labor, Bustani proved that Arabs could do as good a construction job as anyone else. During the great postwar rush to expand Mideastern oil output, CAT began taking contracts away from Western companies, eventually became the largest pipeline layer outside...
Last week, with most of the Kennedys looking on, the President handed out the foundation's first awards for outstanding achievement. The story of the awards was buried under a layer of headlines about Jack Kennedy's first public appearance with Adlai Stevenson since the furor over Stevenson's role in the Cuba crisis, but the caliber of the men who were honored and the depth of their work made important medical news. The winners, whose work began in the esoteric reaches of genetics...
...second aim of Harvard's instrument is to obtain information on the earth's ionosphere, the layer of the atmosphere used to bounce radio signals around the globe. By observing how the sun emits ultra-violet light, scientists may learn more about the mechanism of ionospheric interference with radio transmission...
Girls on the House Committees and those who attended the Fall RGA conference at Ceder Hill are very enthusiastic about the whole thing. For most, though the Houses provide only a small, additional layer of substance to life at the Quad. The major attractions are still Harvard and Harvard men, and things are apt to stay that...