Word: binoculars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fighter, whose distinctive silhouette was instantly recognizable. Similarly, a crew was sent over the side of the destroyer U.S.S. Eaton to paint out the ship's name. Yet the vessel's outline could be clearly identified as that of a U.S. warship; at binocular range, even the raised lettering could be read...
Certainly anyone can respond to recycled banalities masquerading as conversation, an edgy concern with appearances, the nose sniff of gossip and the binocular gaze at just who is where on the money-and-status escalator. Ayckbourn has honed this knowledge to hairbreadth comic precision...
...enjoyed a formidable mythological reputation. Not that the more than 130 species distributed throughout the world are aware of it. As Editor Burton establishes in this remarkably illustrated survey, owls are not philosophers but predators, perfectly equipped for their occupation. They have front-set eyes that give them exceptional binocular vision. Their heads rotate 270 degrees. Their hearing is extremely acute, partially because on most nocturnal species saucer-shaped disks of feathers around their eyes also gather sound. Owl plumage is soft, which also helps: it enables them to fly silently toward their prey. The perfect Christmas gift for those...
Brief Exposure. Though the laser is a complex mechanism, its application is relatively simple. Inserting a tube that gives them line-of-sight access to the vocal cords, the surgeons aim the laser through the passage by means of a binocular microscope and a tiny beam of normal white light. After zeroing in on the target growth, the surgeon then steps on a foot pedal that opens a shutter on the laser and allows the infra-red laser beam to strike the diseased tissue for as little as one-tenth or as much as one-half of a second...