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...therefore herded away from the equator by the earth's magnetic field. As Dr. Simpson's plane flew north, he could tell its latitude fairly accurately by his neutron-counting instruments. But he would not say whether variations in the "neutron field" could be used to steer guided missiles around the earth. "This question," he said, "is being investigated...
Since electrons are negative electricity, their departure covers the glass with an invisible picture in positive electricity. A beam of electrons from the other end of the tube is swept across the picture by deflecting coils, which steer it. When the beam hits a strongly positive area, a good many of its electrons are attracted into the glass by the positive charge. When it crosses "shadows," only a few electrons stick. The rest bounce back and are gathered up by charged metal surfaces at the small end of the tube...
...gain his favor? That she can never be his wife Chinese custom dictates; that she can ever be his concubine Jewish law forbids. Peony decides that she must divert David from Leah, the Jewish girl "fairer than any lily," whom Madame Ezra wishes him to marry, and steer him to Kueilan, an empty-headed Chinese beauty. She succeeds; and the novel's titillating climax comes as she prepares the gorgeous marriage bed for David and Kueilan."Through this wedding night she would lie wakeful, her spirit in that other room, hovering over David...
...aims but dealing with their methods and treatment, Ciardi's criticism of the short stories that make up the bulk of the courses is often a formulation of the writer's own vague misgivings, and hardly ever clashes with the writer's own standards and opinions. Ciardi tries to steer his students down the middle road. Personal standards are indispensible; but on the other hand, the "purpose of writing is to be read" and prose must be communicative...
Cursed Man. ECA's administrator would not have a star to steer by. He would not be able to navigate by orthodox economic rules. ECA's money would finance roughly one-half of all Western Europe's imports next year. European governments, many of them socialistic, would expect him to continue artificially propping up their present living standards as a wall against Communism. Said a Washington official: "He will be a cursed...