Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lyman H. Loomis, professor of Mathematics; Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government; Richard H. Milburn '48, assistant professor of Physics; Pauline A. Miller, research associate in Bacteriology; and William Paul, assistant professor of Solid State Physics, were honored...
...Alamos' plasma thermocouple, the solid metals of a bimetallic thermocouple are replaced by a tiny (finch long) rod of uranium suspended inside a vacuum-sealed can that contains liquid cesium. The uranium is enriched with U-235. Around the cesium is a circulating coolant (see diagram). When the device is lowered inside a reactor, the uranium is bombarded by the neutrons generated by the reactor, causing the U-235 to fission and give off intense heat...
...uranium fission produces gas as a byproduct that dilutes the plasma and dangerously raises the pressure inside the can. In future plasma thermocouples, this can be solved by bleeding off the gas. But the cesium plasma proved to have a thermoelectric efficiency much higher than any combination of solid metals...
...varsity, the race was a two and a half length romp as it led from the very beginning and steadily widened its advantage. After 30 strokes it already was a length in front of Cornell and M.I.T. Rowing a solid 31 strokes per minute, Tony Goodman's crew had open water on Cornell at the Mass. Ave. bridge when the Big Red started to make its move three-quarters of a mile from the finish. All it was able to do, however, was leave Tech further behind as the Crimson eight stayed ahead while keeping to its low stroke...
...discontents and out-numbered conservatives had left early. Can't accomplish anything by singing about it. You can just confuse yourself. Solid citizens of the bourgeoisie singing union songs. Not even radical any more, just left-wing. Peace songs, brotherhood songs. Stop bomb tests? Hopeless idealism--may even be subversive. Can't stop them by singing anyway...