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...finger to see which way the wind was blowing, U.S. aviation has been trying with increasing success to spot weather hazards and route pilots around them. Today's commercial airlines get a steady stream of up-to-the-minute weather reports, including data gleaned by satellites that scan the earth. Indeed, the combination of advanced meteorological techniques and the toughness of the modern jet airliner has largely eliminated the danger that planes will be caught in the kind of massive storms that have been called the "anvil of the gods." "Wind shear," created by colliding air masses, was listed...
...implementation of a computerized X-ray technique, the CAT scan, constitutes a major breakthrough in research methods, New said yesterday...
From that first taste of fame I was hooked, I had to have "ink." On into high school the peculiar malady stuck with me. The morning after every game I would pick up the paper and scan the sports pages for the recap of our game--and for my name. After the season I would re-enact each game from the written record provided by our friendly sportswriter...
...average night, the two police officers start by signing the logbook at San Francisco's Northern District police station. They scan the district's crime sheet, undergo inspection, then climb into a black, unmarked patrol car and exchange kisses before setting out to work...
Nicknamed the "monster" or "Ivan the Terrible," the Soviet station ranges across the standard short-wave radio band, sometimes jamming as many as 100 frequencies at once. Its directional beam sweeps across northern Europe and reflects off the Arctic ionosphere to scan the U.S. for missile launchings. Interference seems to be most severe in Scandinavia...