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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...world's first uranium pile. Within it, if all went well, would rage the first nuclear chain reaction. Physicist Enrico Fermi, Italian-born Nobel Prizewinner, was sure that all would go well. He had figured every smallest detail, advancing through theory and mathematics far into the unknown...
...physicists knew that they were in dangerous, unknown territory. So above the pile was stationed a "liquid-control squad" to douse mutinous neutrons with cadmium-salt solution...
...Into the Unknown. Fermi ran the test. At 9:54 a.m. he gave an order. A whining motor withdrew the automatic control rod. The Geiger counters on the instrument panel clicked a little faster; a pen drew a slightly higher curve on a strip of paper...
...good teams, drawing a lot of talent from local high schools, most of which go in for hockey in a big way. Princeton is generally strong, and Williams frequently benefits from the long ice season in northwest Massachusetts. Boston University is usually weak, and Cornell this year is an unknown quantity...
...confused plot focuses on Alan Garraway's hatred for his brother Michael, played by Robert Mitchum, supposed to be the unknown quantity till the end of the play. He is either 1) a Bunthorne-like playboy who absconded with the firm's funds before disappearing in the Army 4-5 years before, and is being grudgingly protected by his magnanimous and eminently successful brother Alan; or 2) he is a wronged and heroic character who really does like poetry, women, and the finer things of life, and has been murdered by his jealous brother Alan...