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...this was no less than most scientists, including Russians, expected of him. The scientific consensus is that during the early stages of space exploration, instruments will be better explorers than heavy, vulnerable humans, who require tons of supplies and equipment to keep them alive. Instruments are smaller, lighter and tougher than men. They can stand acceleration, shock, vibration, spinning, heat, cold and radiation. Best of all, they do not demand to be brought home alive. They transmit to earth all the information that they have gathered in space: then they die as streaks of fire without reproach or protest...
...charming Krogers, said the Crown, were the bankers and communicators for the ring. Rummaging through the Krogers' home, British police found $8,000 in cash and travelers' checks. A high-speed radio transmitter was found beneath a trap door in the kitchen, and in a secret cigarette-lighter compartment, a radio transmission schedule. Following the transmission schedule, counter-intelligence agents swiftly locked on to a station that directional locators placed in the vicinity of Moscow. Moscow's transmissions came in faithfully at the times and on the frequencies listed in the Krogers' schedules...
...thal, invisible neutron "bullets." Because its fusion reaction is to be triggered by conventional explosives instead of "dirty" fission, there is much less blast or radioactive contamination-so that the bombarded area is left intact and friendly troops could occupy it. Furthermore, neutron weapons would be much lighter and cheaper than existing nuclear weapons, thus have enormous implications for brush-fire-war tactics...
David Riesman assigns a final paper to his students in Soc. Sci. 136. He is able to read the papers himself, he points out, because he has a lighter teaching load than most other professors...
Soprano Sciutti (pronounced SHOOTee) is often referred to as "the Callas of La Piccola Scala" chiefly because of her flaring emotions (both on and off stage) and her incendiary dramatic power. Her voice is not exceptional: lighter than most, it does not have a particularly beautiful finish. But, as she demonstrated again last week in Nina, she outdistances most other singers in the way she throws herself into a role. Sciutti so identified herself with Paisiello's heroine that "I started to think I was going completely mad." With every movement of her curvy body and every inflection...