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...eerily accurate and his imagery were not so much a part of today's politics. He has been barbering Presidents and Washington power brokers for more than 20 years, and is serious when he says that in this electronic environment, a person's hair becomes an instant signal of his purpose and personality. He wrote Ted Kennedy out of contention long before anyone else after seeing a shot of the Senator's wild locks. "He'll never make it with a haircut like that," said Milt...
...goal judge confirmed that. But Albert never checked with him. After raising his arm to signal that the puck had gone in the net, Albert--caught back at center ice on the shot--got caught up in a flurry of events. B.C. players snowballed into a large pile in the Crimson zone...
...that of the top quark, a basic building block of matter that is predicted by theory but that other scientists believe still remains undiscovered. In the second, his team's experiments picked up the signs of what would become known as monojets; Rubbia boldly theorized that the monojets might signal a hitherto undetected particle. If so, Rubbia would have his second Nobel-class discovery within two years. A discovery of this importance was so tempting, according to Taubes, that Rubbia wrote a paper on the apparent finding, rushed it to the journal Physics Letters before more than a ; small fraction...
...Since a signal lights up in the utilities master control room in the basement of the Science Center whenever a door is opened, it is fairly easy for tunnel supervisors to catch intruders. If a door is opened and the control room operator hasn't heard about it, University Police and a tunnel operator are immediately sent to deal with unauthorized persons, Culhane says...
...house arrest. Probationers selected for the program are required to be housebound when not at work. To make sure they comply, each wears a kind of futuristic ball and chain: a 4-oz. radio transmitter that is attached to the ankle with tamperproof plastic straps. The device broadcasts a signal to a receiver hooked up to the wearer's home phone, which in turn relays it to a computer at the probation department. If the wearer strays more than 100 ft., the computer spits out a note for the probation officer...