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...exposed atop Mount Palomar last month, he was openly skeptical. At the edge of the small, irregular galaxy that he was studying in the constellation Centaurus, he saw a large burst of light brighter than the entire galaxy itself that had not been there before. Had a stray asteroid wandered into the telescope's field of view? Closer inspection quickly revealed that the light came not from a nearby asteroid, but from a far more awesome heavenly phenomenon: a supernova, the explosive death of a giant star...
...believable, if curiously passive portrait of a nice guy just too intent on finishing last. In contrast, as his rival Fred, Frank W. Leupold enters a stylish, occasionally overly malignant performance. As Mary, the mother of Len's girlfriend, Nora Jacobson is most convincing, a catch-all of stray hairs and wasted spirits. Rounding out the household. Lynne Breslin and Richard Christenson are no less relenting in the purpose with which they attack their roles, but I think they also suffer most from the emotional monotone that characterizes the evening. Jon Miller and Bob Briggs's lighting goes beyond...
...vacuum tube through which the protons travel inside the tunnel; the tube must be free of dust arid debris so that the speeding protons do not prematurely lose their energy in accidental collisions. Trouble was, workmen who removed the magnets left behind metal chips and other stray objects that fouled the tube. NAL scientists briefly considered recalling the tiny ferret that had helped cleanse the accelerator's subsidiary tube systems of debris (TIME, Oct. 4). But they eventually settled on a more mundane solution: a magnetic sweeper, forced through the tunnel by air pressure, picked up the stray bits...
...real "crime" was to be a militant black radical, a leading member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In May of 1967, there was a confrontation between Houston police and the predominantly black students of Texas Southern University. One white policeman was killed in the clash, probably by a stray police bullet, and no one was ever convicted of anything. Privately, however, police blamed Johnson, then 27, for "agitating" students in campus speeches...
...chemistry class. Mao looks down from the wall again. The students sit like robots listening to the teacher talk about analyzing the content of calcium. They recite like soldiers, turning to their books and back again on command, as if executing close-order drill. Nobody slouches, no eyes stray from the teacher to the guests; there is no unnecessary noise. It is like a machine, but the harshness of the moment is softened by the kids' faces. They are kind, eager, respectful, cheerful, warm. There is the scent of life about the place, even though Old Soldier Wang...