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Mariner's cameras have another assignment: photographing the tiny Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos. In fact, before last week's rendezvous they managed to catch 19 long shots of the outer moon, Deimos, and two of Phobos. In the course of the mission, scientists hope for much closer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rendezvous with Mars | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

A beat-up Fiat parked in fron the Signet Society is covered with McCarthy "daisy" stickers. The stickers were designed by a Los Angeles campaign staffer in 1968 and appeared a few weeks before the California primary. They are flower shaped, five or six inches in diameter, with a blue...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: McCarthy: Requiem for a Lightweight | 11/16/1971 | See Source »

Delighted by his success, Dutka is now eying more ambitious projects: calculating million-digit values for TT (3.14159 . . .), the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; and the mathematical constant e (2.71828 . . .), the base of natural logarithms and one of the most significant numbers in higher mathematics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Longest Root | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

The British case dramatized the expanse and expense of espionage activity round the world. It was also a reminder that the old spy business, which has received little attention in the past three or four years, is as intense?and dirty?as ever, despite the rise of a new type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Spies: Foot Soldiers in an Endless War | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

· Vacuum aspiration, used on most outpatients, is a new variation on the D. and C. method that makes abortion even easier. Performed only through the twelfth week of pregnancy, the operation consists of dilating the cervix, inserting a metal tube attached to a small vacuum pump and drawing off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Legal Abortion: Who, Why and Where | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

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