Word: pion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brookhaven experiment involved a fast-decaying subatomic particle known as an eta meson, which breaks down into three lighter particles known as pions-one with no electrical charge. According to the theory of symmetry, the positive and negative pions should not have shown any significant difference in speed. But 53% of the time, the positive pion zipped across the bubble chamber with more energy than its negative antiparticle...
...ruler of Afghanistan is a man of many accomplishments. At 51, Mohammed Zahir Shah can snag the wiliest trout in the Hindu Kush, swoop down a ski slope at 60 m.p.h., or drop a brace of partridge as deftly as a skeet cham pion. He rides like Lochinvar, golfs near par on any course, and betweentimes collects rare books and Oriental art. On his experimental farm outside the ancient capital of Kabul, he raises mutant grapes, outsize apricots, and dairy cattle that can withstand the rigors of Afghan altitude with milky aplomb. But as one of his courtiers puts...
...Last year Wegner won $20,757-enough to make him the world cham pion of bull riding and the proud possessor of a nicely tooled leather and silver saddle (worth $800) awarded in Denver last week. His winnings so far this season total $2,556, more than $1,000 ahead of his closest competitor on the rodeo circuit. But Wegner's traveling expenses alone run to $12,000 a year, and he bets on himself to make ends meet. "I went up to Omak, Wash.," he says, "and this outfit had a bull they said had never been ridden...
People were beginning to whisper about Scotland's Jimmy Clark, 28. Two years ago he was the world's No. 1 race-car driver-the Grand Prix cham pion, winner of a record seven races. In 1964, it looked like the same story all over again when Clark won three out of the first five Grand Prix races. Then everything went wrong...
...about the fact that the sun rose at 4 a.m. in Moscow. When a gift pair of track shoes from the Russians turned out to be the wrong kind for her event, one U.S. girl flew into a rage. "Don't they know I'm the cham. pion?" she screamed. Said a coach: "She found out later who the champion really...