Word: brighter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prospect for next year, however, is considerably brighter. Wilson believes that the outcome will hinge on the play of this year's freshmen, and on finding a replacement for Harrington to join Donohue in the backcourt. Either Bowditch, Grayer, or Bill Richling will probably fill this important position...
Perkin Elmer Corp. of Norwalk, Conn. Each "eye" is 3 in. in diameter but weighs only 3.5 oz. The telescopes are not producing photographic images, but are capable of detecting contrasts of light (clouds are usually brighter than land, land brighter than oceans...
Nowhere was the steel news brighter than at Bethlehem Steel Corp. President Arthur B. Homer of the nation's No. 2 producer (after U.S. Steel) disclosed that on top of earning $57,678,360 or $1.24 a share in the closing quarter of 1958, the second highest fourth-quarter profit in its history, the company was operating at 80% of enlarged 1959 capacity and planning to go to 85% next quarter. Said Homer: "We've been having quite an upsurge in orders. It looks as if January bookings will be the highest for any month in the last...
...took spectrograms of the crater Alphonsus. While he was watching, he saw the small, central peak of the crater lose its sharpness and turn reddish. By the time he changed the plate to take the next spectrogram, the peak was white again but much brighter than usual. A third spectrogram showed the crater back to normal...
...week's end, as the Atlas churned through the skies, brighter than most planets, SCORE ground stations as well as amateur radio operators round the world were tuning in to the President's message, triggered by signals from the U.S., then erased, and transmitted anew to the Atlas, and again played back. It would be seen and heard for 20 days or so before burning up in the atmosphere. But that, obviously, was just the beginning...