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Jane Yang, an 18-year-old high school senior from Saugus, said she could tell by the thickness of the letter in her mailbox that she had made it in.

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 2,055 Admitted to Class of 2003 | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

The Pope and his team almost found nuclear fission in 1934 in the course of experiments in which, looking for radioactive transformations, they systematically bombarded one element after another with the newly discovered neutron. They missed by the thickness of the sheet of foil in which they wrapped their uranium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atomic Physicist: ENRICO FERMI | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

What would Dracula say? The thickness of arterial walls in the neck may be a more powerful predictor of heart attack and stroke for elderly folks than high blood pressure or cholesterol, scientists reported last week. The walls of the carotid arteries can be easily viewed with a $250 sonogram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jan. 18, 1999 | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

In the $22 billion pizza industry, in which the thickness of tomato sauce and the texture of dough can be all-consuming passions, the truth these days is that Papa John's has been eating everyone else's lunch. The company has nearly doubled its market share in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slice, Dice and Devour | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

In manufacturing, the effects of computerization are easy to quantify. Take the computerized quality-control systems that the Measurex division of Honeywell Inc. sells to papermakers. The systems continuously measure such factors as the thickness of paper speeding through machines at up to 60 m.p.h. That enables operators to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterly Business Report: Do Computers Really Save Money? | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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