Word: rim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hibok might be preparing for another eruption. Last December its molten lava and deadly gases killed hundreds of Camiguenos (TIME, Dec. 17). Now, after the earthquake, a reddish glow in the sky above the volcano is an almost sure sign that the lava has again boiled close to the rim of the crater...
...dispatched a party which grew to an imposing 3,000 men, again under Bering's command, to explore the Arctic coast and the north rim of the Pacific, to reconnoiter the western verges of the New World-and, just incidentally, to develop the whole of Siberia into a profitable community. Despite its pretentious objectives, Bering's second expedition was one of the most extensive and successful enterprises ever carried out in the name of science for the sake of imperialism; and so the Russians, with a genius for reverse publicity, ignored or suppressed many of its fascinating details...
...Blade. Dr. E. F. Fullam of General Electric Co. told about a slicing machine that apparently does its work without even touching the material that it slices. The machine has a small circular blade that is spun by an electric motor at 65,000 r.p.m. Its rim, moving faster than sound, forms a cutting edge of compressed air much sharper than a razor. Hard metals can be sliced into films two-millionths of an inch thick. Since the blade does not get dull, Dr. Fullam believes that it never touches the work...
...time, it prints whole lines at once, 300 lines per minute, on a paper band. It takes its information from the coded magnetic tape that races out of the computer. Heart of the machine is a continuously spinning disk with the necessary letters and numbers on its rim. The machine's electronic innards translate the magnetic dots on the tape into groups of characters, 80 for each line. As the disk revolves, 80 electrically operated hammers tap the back of the paper against an inked ribbon in contact with the disk, thus printing the proper characters in the proper...
Konitz looked as if he were having a hard time pushing 24. He had short cropped blonde hair and wore thick horned rim glasses. He was wearing a blue oxford button-down and a black knit tie, and seemed perpetually bent at the knees. Very tired...