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...cousin who had never taken formal lessons. But he liked the piano, especially because it allowed him to play rather than sitting still in church, and he kept at it. He says he now loves to play in front of audiences because he uses the piano keys to transmit his mood and the listeners echo his mood so that he can refine what he is doing and build on it as he plays it. The tools he learned from Shapiro, he says, taught him to understand what he was doing and a repertory of techniques to speak to his audience...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: A Chicago Sampler | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

...able to hang on until November 1988. Before leaving for the U.S. to consult with Secretary of State George Shultz, Peres was forced to announce that for the moment Labor would remain in the troubled government. But the dispute continued on another front: the Foreign Ministry refused to transmit to its embassies a Shamir message saying that the peace plan was dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East So Much for National Unity | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

Ordinary conductivity, the measure of a material's ability to transmit electrical current, is determined by events that take place at the atomic level. Atoms consist of a tiny dense nucleus that contains positively charged protons and chargeless neutrons. Around the nucleus whirl the negatively charged electrons, residing in shells with shapes determined by the electrons' energy levels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Superconductors! | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Founded around 1915, the wireless club takes pride in being the first in the country, says President Richard G. Listerud '87. The approximately 15 club members use radios kept in a "club shack" at the Office of Career Services to transmit messages around the globe...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Clubs Cater to a School of Joiners | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

Microphone-transmitters these days can be made about the size of a pinhead and embedded anywhere (or everywhere) in a wall, ceiling, chair or a person's clothing. Some do not need wires to transmit; they send out microwave signals that can be read by equipment outside the building. They can be turned on and off by remote control, or set to be activated by heat, radiation, the vibrations of a voice or pressure. A bug in a chair might turn itself on when someone sits down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of High-Tech Snooping | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

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