Word: targets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is no known way to turn infrared light directly into visible light. But it can be done indirectly by a complicated electronic device which closely resembles a television tube. The infra-red rays from the black-shielded spotlight hit the target and are reflected back (see diagram). Entering the telescope, they are focused by lenses on a special screen at the forward end of the tube. This "image" is not itself visible, but it knocks streams of electrons out of the screen...
...electron image." This-screen is covered with a substance which glows green when hit by electrons. So a visible copy of the invisible infra-red image appears on it. When the sniper looks at the glowing image through a proper lens system, he sees in visible light the target which his sniperscope is watching in infrared...
Bert Hayue's not-so diminutive 150-pounders yesterday flouted the backs of their oars to the varsity crew, as they shattered an ancient tradition of heavy-weight predominance in the Charles River practice sessions. Although the varsity shaved its target of 9:30 for the 1 3/4 mile course, they trailed the 150s by three lengths after 11/4 miles and crossed the finishline a length and a half behind the jayvees...
...letter to the Student Council announced that there was no financial stringency involved in the tutorial limitation. He said further that the responsibility for tutorial rests entirely with the Faculty. Paradox? And further complicated by Mr. Conant's assurance that he stands four square behind Provost Buck, the implied target of Faculty complaints...
...Tattered Target. At the heart of parity prices stands the perennial farm bloc target: the parity formula itself. Patched and scarred after 14 years of ceaseless gunfire, the formula still continues to support farmer's purchasing power...