Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...measures the distance of a star by studying its color, which changes as the light passes through the dust clouds of space. Shapley looks at variable stars, which grow brighter and dimmer with a regular period. This period often depends on the absolute brightness of the star; when Shapley knows the absolute brightness and the brightness as seen from the earth, he can easily determine the star's distance...
...earth-now probably the ranking theory among astronomers. He hypothesizes that the solar system was once all dust, and that the dust collected to form planets. And what, at first, drove the dust together? Not gravity, says Whipple, and not molecular attraction--but the seemingly insignificant push exerted by light beams, streaming out from...
...best prepare its students to fulfill these responsibilities the Business School tries to develop four characteristics in its men, the report went on 1.) The ability to work with people, 2.) The ability to make sound decisions in the light of available facts and under pressures of time, 3.) the ability to draw upon a fund of knowledge and 4.) the capacity to integrate those three abilities...
Inventory. In Pittsburgh, the thief who broke into a gasoline station left a note for Owner Henry C. Evert: "Sorrier I brock your dorr. I got flash light. I got 55?. Thnks...
Although police have checked with occultists over the weekend, no definite lead has been brought to light on the marauder who escaped three resident students in a confused brawl. Investigation is still under way in an attempt to pin down the visitor through the coat ripped from his back in the struggle...