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Though telegenic enough, Barrett's high, thin voice made his tough talk in television spots sound like so much unconvincing whining. Bachrach's portly figure, frizzy hair and moustache didn't help him with first impressions...
Researchers in France have developed an electronic transistor that contains no metallic parts. Instead they used paper-printing technology to assemble very thin layers of plastic that mimic the properties of silicon chips. Because plastic is so much more flexible than metal, the devices could theoretically be used to create such futuristic items as video screens that roll up like window shades or bendable computers the size of credit cards...
Plastic covers hung over the pool tables, the lights were off, and a thin layer of dust covered everything in the room...
...course, there's that letter. Every year, a thin envelope wings its way to the front door of every Harvard and Radcliffe student's permanent residence. Inside, the eager openers perennially find the disappointment of a bland letter from Deans Lawrence Buell, L. Fred Jewett '57 and Jeremy Knowles. They want to know what's wrong with your education. As a student, your big chance has finally come...
Launching another rhetorical volley, the White House said its "patience is wearing thin" on the Haitian military junta's refusal to go gentle into exile. The Pentagon upped the invasion ante by announcing that seven cargo ships are being activated for possible use in a Haiti operation. Despite the fist shaking, TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson sees no indications the military has changed its time frame for a possible invasion in late September or early October. "Plainly an orchestration campaign is now under way," he says. And the White House's hair-trigger statements? "I suppose that's just smart...