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...coal-black night in March, the kind astronomers like best. At Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory, Princeton Astrophysicist Edwin Turner pointed the 158-in. reflecting telescope first at one distant pinpoint of light in the sky, then at a neighboring one. A few hours later, studying the results of his night's labors, Turner could hardly believe his eyes. "It was a big surprise," he says. "But a big surprise is always a clue you might be on the track of something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Through a Lens Darkly | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

VERY RARELY CAN a person recall the exact moment of the life-shattering mistake which ruined his or her life, and even more rarely can he or she pinpoint the exact moment when the reality of that mistake came crashing home. I can do both...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Fatal Mistake | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...pinpoint any players [who did particularly well], it wasn't that kind of game...everybody contributed. I thought the attack did some nice things...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Laxwomen Zap Terriers, 21-3; McBride-Felsen Combo Shines | 4/23/1986 | See Source »

...virus of terrorism, there assuredly would be a next time. Indeed, having talked so much about retaliation and now gone so far toward it, Washington has practically guaranteed a sharpening debate about reprisal every time there is a new murderous attack for which intelligence officials believe they can pinpoint the perpetrator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Targeting Gaddafi | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...preventing date rape in many cases means changing attitudes that are ingrained or difficult to pinpoint. "The attitude of the guys in my dorm really shocked me," says Response counselor Debbie B. Lanzberg '88. "I had never before heard guys, nice enough guys and pretty average here, talking about women in such a derogatory...

Author: By Alison L. Jernow, | Title: Fighting for Awareness: Harvard Date Rape | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

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