Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there are many different curved surfaces which an architect might wish to use in a building, and no single quality of the hyperbolic paraboloid is unique. One might naturally wonder why this surface should be any better than some other of a slightly different but equally pleasing shape...
Last week the Crimson was in even worse shape, but slipped and slid to a 3-2 upset over Wesleyan on a field knee-deep in mud. Meanwhile, under similar conditions in Ithaca, Cornell was rolling up a 5-2 upset over Brown, whom Harvard trounced in a 9-1 romp earlier in the season...
THOSE odd-shaped objects in the background of this week's TIME cover are viruses-magnified more than 50,000 times and reproduced in their actual shape by machine and man. The viruses, which are measured in millionths of an inch, were first photographed by an electron microscope that produces an enlarged image of minute particles through the use of a beam of electrons. Working from electron-micrograph prints, Artist Bernard Safran enlarged the viruses somewhat more to obtain the proper effect for the cover. Among those he chose to use, the sticklike viruses at upper left...
Miriani maintained that Detroit was in good shape, pointed with pride to his record as mayor; he cited a $47 million urban renewal program with seven major projects under way, economies that had saved the city some $25 million, the completion of the $70 million Cobo Convention Hall and Arena. Cried Miriani: "Detroit is on the move to a destiny of greatness...
...crippled varsity soccer team meets Wesleyan at Wesleyan today. For the Crimson, which is "in as bad shape as we've been all season," the game will be a tough...