Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less trenchant -- and less influential -- than it might otherwise be. It all adds up to a life that is both lucrative and satisfying. Still, he says, "I would put national service above business, as a general proposition -- if it is important." Then he laughs: "I don't want to sound like I'm looking...
...merely dreaming. In fact, the Pentagon and U.S. aerospace companies have been working for several years toward making that vision a reality. The proposed plane, already dubbed the Orient Express, would soar through the atmosphere into space and back, flying at up to 25 times the speed of sound. Though few experts think that the Orient Express will be ready ! for takeoff before the end of this century, Reagan showed off a model of the space plane on a visit last week to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Annandale...
...debate which preceeded the council's election of officers last Sunday night avoided real-world political questions such as divestment. The exchange between Offutt and his challenger, Dunster House Representative Melissa S. Lane '88, made for a student government election like any other, a sound-off between sound-alikes...
...those who feel the council's primary responsibility is to improve campus life and to communicate student view to the administration, last Sunday's sound-off should give encouragement. The conduct and outcome of the election suggests that the council has finally decided to get out from under the spotlight of campus scrutiny. If it's done debating its mission, maybe the council can get on with work...
Safman said the bubble-blowing process would also have applications for materials other than metals. She said creating hollows in structures in the microgravity of space could enhance man's understanding of many scientific phenomena, including sound barriers and convection currents...