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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrapping and stretching of magnetic-field lines is also believed to be responsible for the spots' appearing progressively closer to the solar equator and the switch of magnetic polarities after each cycle. But ingenious as it seems, the dynamo model of the sun may need some serious revision. Astronomer Richard Altrock, at Sacramento Peak, has observed a brightening of the sun's corona that begins near the poles -- just when the first sunspots of a cycle break out around 35 degrees latitude -- then slowly progresses toward the equator. The brightening, he suspects, marks the beginning of still another cycle, long...
...guess because high school textbooks stink. Also, we are constantly told + that American students are even stupider than we thought. So I'm just dumping on the whole idea that we need to make our kids smarter, by putting out a book that will clearly not do that...
...junkiest junk bonds and, if you're careful, entails a lot less risk. Such deals are widely available. There are borrowers who can offer good security but, for whatever reason, can't get a conventional loan, or can't get it as fast as they need...
...Warner Communications. To that end, Time and Warner on June 16 converted their original debt-free stock swap into a leveraged takeover bid in which Time would buy Warner for a total of up to $14 billion in cash and securities, a step that, among other things, eliminated the need for the deal to be approved by Time stockholders...
...other political. "We Jews see the dialogues as a way of dashing stereotypes," says Leora Frucht, an Israeli writer. "The Palestinians want more. They say to us, 'We know you're here to assuage your guilt, and that's fine as far as it goes. Now what we need is to organize some joint actions.' They want us to refuse army service and lie down with them in front of the bulldozers when an Arab house is ordered destroyed. Because we won't do things like that, the Palestinians leave with unfulfilled expectations. We could be doing more harm than...