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They knew that if they looked at a wide enough stretch of sky, the haphazard distribution of heavenly bodies would even out into a vast and more or less regular pattern. "Our idea of a small distance is 1 million light-years," explains Astronomer Paul Schechter of Kitt Peak. "At that distance it looks like a very lumpy universe. But as you step back, the universe begins to look very smooth...
...project was routine, Schechter admits, but the results were not. Their scan revealed that rather than becoming uniform, space contains a huge, mysterious "gap." Taking representative samples, they expected to find 25 galaxies the size of the Milky Way. They found only one. Moreover, the same low density seemed to extend over an area 300 million light-years across-about 1 % of the visible universe. The finding of so little matter in so much space had cosmologists all over the world scratching their heads...
...Danny Schechter, the "news dissector" of WBCN radio, had a good reason for accepting his Nieman fellowship. The self-styled "Marxist Republican" told his fans, "I came to Harvard to lower my consciousness...
Also under concealment of some sort in New Hampshire Tuesday were three other candidates in the absurdist category: Carmen C. Chimento (votes not counted), Bernard B. Schechter (145 votes) and Rick Loewenherz (31 votes). Despite attempts by Crimson reporters to locate them, they remained out of sight and apparently out of the minds of the voters. They should, however, be in town this weekend in preparation for Tuesday's Massachusetts primary. You may see them before we do, but if you do, don't call...
...Montand, star of Z, takes on the new role of villain in this movie. The film was scripted by Franco Salinas, who also wrote the screen play for The Battle of Algiers. The film will be shown at the Science Center tonight and tomorrow at 7 and 9. Danny Schechter, BCN's politically-wise news dissector, will be on hand to talk about the reality of U.S. involvement in anti-revolutionary struggles in Latin America...