Word: specializes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nocturnal thuds of high explosives testing tend to be reassuring rather than disruptive of sleep. Nuclear devices designed at the Lab end up as the heart of MIRV warheads in Minuteman missiles. The new Trident missile will carry a nuclear warhead designed at the Lab. Theoreticians and physicists specializing in thermodynamics are drilling holes into nearby sites to reach "hot rocks" that will provide geothermal power. A special reverence is held for LAMPF, the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility. There, one of the most powerful linear proton accelerators in existence is using a particle called a pion to treat certain...
...midweek, Carter decided to speak directly to the American people by holding his first news conference since the Tehran embassy was seized. Because the 30-min. appearance before reporters and TV cameras in the East Room was a calculated risk, he prepared himself with special care. He spent a whole afternoon reviewing the fine points of U.S. policy on Iran with National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Secretary of State Vance and fielding practice questions?about 25 in all ? thrown at him by aides. Former Imagemaker Jerry Rafshoon rehearsed Carter on the brief speech that would open the news...
...Special prosecutor for Jordan...
Twelve women, or 3.1 per cent of the Faculty, are tenured professors this year, according to the affirmative action report on women compiled by Thomas E. Crooks, special assistant to Rosovsky. Crooks's report dealt solely with women...
Nancy R. Randolph, special assistant to President Bok, said yesterday about 3 per cent of the tenured faculty are minorities...