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Super Tuesday's claim to Southern supremacy rested on the assumption that there would be a Southern candidate to lead the charge. But Sarr Nunn balked at the opportunity, and so did former Virginia Governor Charles Robb. That left Albert Gore '69, Harvard overseer, prep-school graduate to carry the mantle. But the Eastern-educated senator has had his troubles convincing voters that he's a good ole' boy who was brought up on a pig farm in Tennessee...
...watching the films, there is something soplayful about them," said Visiting Lecturer andfilm expert Robb Moss. Moss said modern audienceswill enjoy the films because they are morepersonal and spontaneous than films being producednow...
When Nunn told reporters the "window and the door are closed" for him, he noted there was still an opening for another entry. Former Virginia Governor Chuck Robb was afraid Nunn would name him as a replacement. "If you do," Robb jokingly warned Nunn on the phone, "our long friendship is over." Nunn did, and also mentioned New York Governor Mario Cuomo and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley...
...withstand intense magnetic fields, they can as yet carry only about a hundredth of the current capacity of conventional superconductors. And because the amount of current flowing through the magnetic field determines its strength, scientists are concerned that a quick fix may not be in sight. Warns GE's Robb: "What we need now is a second invention that would modify copper oxides to allow high currents to flow at high temperatures. There's a fifty-fifty chance that second invention will ever be made...
...machines in use today are enormous (6 ft. by 8 ft. by 10 ft.), largely because of the more than $100,000 worth of bulky insulation required to preserve the liquid helium coolant, which costs an additional $30,000 annually. The improved economics of the new superconductors, says Walter Robb, of General Electric's Research and Development Center, should eventually enable medical institutions to install many more MRI machines, which are invaluable for diagnosing disorders like brain tumors...