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...they risk inhaling their tools or scattering them with a sneeze, but they also have to cope with a new set of physical laws. The problem of friction, for instance, looms ever larger as parts get smaller. The tiniest dust speck can seem like a boulder. Rotating a hair-width dynamo through air molecules, says AT&T's Gabriel, "is like trying to spin gears in molasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Incredible Shrinking Machine | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...peace" solution posed by Moses is seriously flawed. Israel cannot withdraw from the entire West Bank, as the area constitutes 75 percent of the country's width. Without it, Israel would be less than six miles wide in some areas, an obvious threat to national security. The move to have Jerusalem be a buffer zone is also questionable. Should the Holy City be used as a peace-keeping, U.N.-controlled territory? The United Nations already regards Jerusalem as an international city, and the U.S. Embassy is located in Tel Aviv. Moses's plan seems to rid Israel of internal strife...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Objecting, II | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Bright has a little more width, and a little more length than most ECAC rinks...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: They Can Really Skate | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard has another edge over the Panthers--home field advantage. Maximum-width Ohiri Field will be most accommodating to the Crimson's style of play...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Favored to Reach Final Four | 11/25/1987 | See Source »

...about an elaborate 350th birthday celebration where we will spend thousands of dollars for a lifesize marionette of John Harvard and a large rainbow that will span the width of the Charles River...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Money Changes Everything | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

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