Word: containment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Biggest problem remains how to contain the reacting material (usually deuterium), since the star-hot temperatures generated by fusion would melt any known substance. Physicists have tried magnetic bottles, in which the particles are forced together by powerful magnetic fields and held there without touching the walls of the apparatus. But present magnetic bottles are unstable. They bulge and flutter, permitting their contents to escape. More current would produce stronger magnetism. But if coils are fed too much current, they get too hot and melt...
...square, gable-roofed chapel is topped by a cross and a steeple, which will eventually contain a bronze bell. Inside is an altar surmounted by a reversible cross (plain on one side, a crucifix on the other) and a picture of Christ. Flanking the picture are plaques bearing, respectively, a Star of David and a lotus leaf to symbolize Buddhism. The chapel's congregation contains at least one representative of Protestantism. Catholicism, Judaism and Buddhism, and each will take turns giving Sunday sermons on his faith. The group at first regretted that they had no Moslem, but then decided...
...varsity swimming team, undefeated in its first three weeks, will face what coach Bill Brooks terms "the best team Cornell has ever had" at 8 p.m. tonight in the I.A.B. However, the Crimson's depth should be sufficient to contain...
Three magazines on the Square stands indicate that the phrase-makers and word-turners have had a busy academic term. The magazines are Audience, The Editor and Identity, and all contain the work of men who subscribe to the ideals and conventions of the University...
...evolutionary theory, the universe should contain an unchanging amount of material. Consequently, it must be thinning out as it grows older and its galaxies fly farther and farther apart. The steady state universe will not thin out. Ten billion years ahead, it should look much as it does now. with galaxies sprinkled sparsely through space at the same average density...