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...X-3 Unveiled. The Air Force at long last released pictures and a sketchy description of the Douglas X-3 research plane first taken into the air by Test Pilot Bridgeman, who considered it a "nasty little beast" (TIME, April 27). Actually, the X-3 is heavier and slightly longer (66 ft. 9 in.) than a DC-3 transport, but its wing span is only 22 ft. 8 in., less than the span of a DC-3's tail. The wings themselves are short even for this penguinlike spread, because the fuselage has to be thick enough to hold...
...William Christensen, professor of radiology, ran the first program and showed a mass of X rays to help physicians diagnose their patients' complaints from shadows showing calcification. One particularly clear example: spotting a case of diabetes from chalky deposits in the sperm duct. Only once did Dr. Christensen defer to the possible presence of laymen in the audience, by describing a fetus shown in the womb as "a little stranger." On the other hand, there was nothing that the accidental, nonprofessional viewer could have found upsetting...
...Finder. An X-ray machine that shows up tiny insects in stored grain was announced by du Pont. Using the machine, one man can inspect 80 grain samples a day, v. 25 to 50 samples with the old method of cracking open kernels and floating the particles in mineral oil or gasoline. Price: $2,300 for X-ray unit and darkroom equipment...
Examination GroupMid-Year Examination I Friday, January 22 II Monday, February 1 III Wednesday, January 27 IV Thursday, January 21 V Friday, January 29 VI Thursday, January 28 VII Saturday, January 30 VIII Friday, January 22 IX Friday, January 22 X Tuesday, January 26 XI Saturday, January 23 XII Monday, January 25 XIII Wednesday, January 20 XIV Saturday, January 30 XV Tuesday, January 26 XVI Tuesday, January 26 XVII Thursday, January 28 XVIII Thursday, January...
Smith was injured in the fourth quarter of the Knicks' National Basketball Association game against the Minneapolis Lakers last Saturday. X-ray examination yesterday revealed a broken fourth metacarpal bone in his left hand...