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...principle, maybe, but in practice there are dozens of factors that can confuse matters. For example, stars, including the sun, pulse rhythmically with waves generated deep in their interiors, making the surface bulge toward and sink away from the Earth just as though the whole star were wobbling. Stars can also have huge blotches--sunspots, in essence--that change the mix of colors as they rotate into and out of view. And spectrometers are subject to all sorts of errors that come from changes in temperature and electronic glitches. Thus, Marcy and Butler had to run their observations through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...higher quality and wider variety of food in the Commons upon which to spend this money. The Mexican food is too reminiscent of dining hall fare. Perhaps we could see tacos and burritos with lime-marinated chicken or came asada filling the space instead. We also would like to sink our teeth into some plain old American burgers, as well as some healthier options such as salads or sushi. But leave the inspiring tea choices such as "Zen," "Awake" and "Passion" in the well-designed coffee shop...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Loker Commons: A Bright Addition | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

There is a double-jointed consciousness at work in the dramatics of big weather. Down in the snowstorm, we are as mortal as the deer. I sink to my waist in a drift, I panic, my arms claw for an instant, like a drowning swimmer's, in the powder. Men up and down the storm collapse with coronaries, snow shovels in their hands, cheeks gone a deathly color, like frostbitten plums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RELIGION OF BIG WEATHER | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

Third, the $75 allotment is coming out of each student's board fee. Alas, the already suffering quality of our dining halls will sink another $75 per student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Crimson Cash' Is Hardly a Gift | 1/12/1996 | See Source »

...Bosnian government. Rather than live under their hated enemies, Serbs are threatening to leave their homes in those suburbs and in the corridor to Gorazde in eastern Bosnia. Around Gorazde, some Serbs were stripping their homes of everything transportable--in at least one case literally including the kitchen sink--and setting out for the Serbs' Republika Srpska, newly recognized by the Paris deal. At night, convoys of army trucks trundle down the treacherous mountain slopes and haul out the insides of factories and military bases. The potential for new violence was underscored when two grenades and a mortar fired from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN HARM'S WAY | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

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