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...Kessler started and pitched effectively for eight innings until lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and Bob McGinnis got the victory for pitching the ninth. Again it was a case of the Crimson's failing to hit in the clutch, as 11 men were left on base. The varsity's batting average now stands at about .240, and the team has been averaging less than six hits per game since it came north...
...Pinch Effect. The big problem in controlled fusion is to reach the necessary high temperature (millions of degrees) without melting or vaporizing the walls of the container. Kurchatov told how Russian scientists experimented elaborately with one of the most promising methods, the "pinch effect." When a powerful electric current is sent through an ionized gas in a tube, it creates a magnetic field that compresses the gas into the tube's center, keeping it away from the walls...
Scientists of all countries know about the pinch effect, but their work with it has been minor, or is still secret. According to Kurchatov, the Russians made a big effort and got some remarkable results. By sending very heavy currents in short pulses through tubes containing such gases as deuterium (heavy hydrogen), they concentrated the gas in the center of the tube and held it there for an appreciable instant, while its temperature rose toward...
...Bruins scored first in the fourth inning when, after two outs, Pinch singled. He then advanced to third on catcher Bing Crosby's wild throw to second, and finally scored on Bob Hastings' error. The varsity countered with two runs in the same inning as John Getch led off with a single and moved to second when Walt Stahura was hit by Bartsch. Both runners then scored when the Bruin left fielder dropped Stu Levine's long...
...brush salesman, shaking hands like a Kefauver and asking questions with the persistence of a six-year-old. He takes what people tell him, mixes it thoroughly with detailed county-by-county analysis of presidential election returns going as far back as the Civil War, and adds a large pinch of punditry...