Word: neon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...northern lights, that awed Paul Avellar and millions of others. Arriving high-energy electrons, deflected by the earth's magnetic field, spilled into the upper atmosphere near the north and south polar regions, which are unprotected by magnetic-field lines. Acting much as does the electrical current in a neon sign, the electrons banged into oxygen atoms, causing them to emit red and green light...
...other prospective locations. "We'll get him sooner or later," he chuckles. On the drive home, he wheels up to a fading stucco relic aside the four-lane. Shut down long ago, the nude club's blue canopy still flaps amid the weeds and litter, and a garish neon sign towers skyward. "Twenty warrants for prostitution and narcotics," he recalls. "Public-nuisance law and county ordinance. We sent them packing...
...streets are virtually empty save for a few groups of people probably heading home from parties. By now, the puddles have become minilakes that are still not easily seen in the shadows. Everyone's shoes are soaked through. A neon bank sign flashes "41 degrees...
...Cover: Neon sculpture by Let There Be Neon...
Harvard Dining Services puts up fuschia neon warnings to students not to eat dining hall food because it contains all the health hazards recounted on its bulletin boards last year. Business at Elsie's and Tommy's Lunch skyrockets when the restaurants start using unsaturated soybean oil on their grills and selling oat bran muffins...