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...families in the Fort Devens community, officially dubbed "Harvardevens" but commonly referred to as "Harvard Colony," fared little better; they had a three hour daily commute from their "Quonset hut" style homes...
...Instruments Inc., he founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory with the goal of developing and producing a silicon transistor. He chose to establish this start-up near Palo Alto, where he had grown up and where his mother still lived. He set up operations in a storefront--little more than a Quonset hut--and hired a group of young scientists (I was one of them) to develop the necessary technology. By the spring of 1956 he had a small staff in place and was beginning to undertake research and development...
...Quonset Point, R.I., shipyard last week, riggers and welders were busy bending steel into the first pieces of a new class of nuclear attack submarines. When launched in 2004, the U.S.S. Virginia will be the first of a fearsome nuclear family, 30 vessels bristling with 38 weapons apiece. Designed to prowl the world's shallow coastal waters, where the Navy believes future conflicts could erupt, Virginia-class subs will whisper above the ocean floor, making only 10% of the noise of today's already library-quiet submarines...
After a 47-42 setback to Holy Cross on January 12, Harvard promptly ran off seven more victories, setting up a big weekend against traditional rivals Quonset Naval Air Station and Boston University...
...Atlanta, Stalnaker was also able to takeprivate flying lessons. Later, she learnedcelestial navigation in Quonset, R.I., and taughtit to sailors in Corpus Christi, Texas...