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...astronomers then switched from infrared to radio observations, using the twelve-meter radio telescope atop Kitt Peak, Ariz. Reason: infrared radiation gives information on the cloud's overall temperature, but radio waves carry more detailed data on the motion within. Interstellar clouds are made up of dozens of different types of molecules, and each emits radio waves of a specific frequency when heated or otherwise "excited." By tuning their telescope to the right frequency, astronomers monitor the behavior of different molecules and consequently learn more about conditions within the cloud...
...Founder Doug Sheley, 39, who left the company last February. D'Lites outlets were successful in white-collar neighborhoods, but foundered when Sheley situated them in working-class districts, where most fast-food fans remained loyal to Big Macs and Whoppers. D'Lites' stock, after hitting a peak of 15 in 1984, the year it went public, sank last week...
...slide helped drag down LTV too, because the company is a major supplier of oil-drilling and pumping gear, which almost no one wants to buy right now. Last week the number of oil rigs operating in the U.S. reached a postwar record low of 663, compared with a peak...
...centers around the country. According to the company, 76% of the men using a solution that was 2% minoxidil showed evidence of new hair growth after a year. That was the assessment of researchers who regularly counted the strands within a 1-in.-diameter circle at the peak of volunteers' heads. But what truly counts, after all, is what is in the mirror. Only 40% of the subjects felt new hair growth was moderate, and a mere 8% considered it dense. Moreover, test results show that a placebo solution (lacking minoxidil) was at times just as effective as the lotion...
...heavy traffic is proving costly to manufacturers. Ashton-Tate, conceding that during peak hours its current staff cannot keep up with the calls, already spends $1.5 million a year on salaries, office expenses and training to provide software advice. Living Videotext in Mountain View, Calif., figures that the net cost of talking to a single user is between $30 and $40 an hour. "If I talk to them twice," says President David Winer, "I'm starting to pay them to use my product...