Word: toole
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...half the world apart, the maser men learned how to use radio microwaves to induce molecules and atoms to give up their stored energy. That newly released energy starts a sort of chain reaction, and the amplified electronic wave that results has since been tamed into a powerful scientific tool. "Masers," says Dr. Townes, "give us one more control over electromagnetic waves, including radio waves and light waves. We have used them to develop an atomic clock which is very precise; in 30,000 years it would gain or lose one second." Now that scientists have learned to use Townes...
...myself that the gesture I was making had much significance." Then he learned that he could make people see colors that, in fact, he did not paint. "I use optics," says he, "as a means to an end that is bigger-in short, a good painting. Optics is a tool, as perspective once...
...colleges requesting a sample composition from E.T.S.-tested students has dropped sharply in recent years because the objective test proved as reliable as the subjective essay. Besides, the multiple-choice exams can be graded on computers at the rate of two per second, which makes them the best practical tool for finding the best students amid the crush of U.S. mass education...
Some industries are also cramped by shortages of skilled workers. For the first time since 1955, steel's pool of laid-off labor has evaporated. Farm-equipment and machine-tool companies, loaded with orders, are struggling to recruit more seasoned help...
Inch by inch the aerial thief descends to cop the swag. Second by second the suspense intensifies. If the rope slips, if a tool falls, if so much as a large bead of sweat drops off the burglar's brow and lands on the pressure-sensitive floor, the impact will inevitably stimulate tiny electronic centers and trip the general alarm...