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...million) telescope at Mt. Palomar, Calif, can record, i.e., photograph, galaxies 1 to 2 billion light-years away. With Hiltner's gadget boosting the light intake many times, astronomers may find aging galaxies even farther out and in richer detail than ever before, at a fraction ($180) of the huge costs involved in building bigger telescopes...
...Only a fraction of the Arzawan ruins have been dug up so far, and archaeologists are eagerly awaiting the final results. The Arzawans could write (on clay bricks), and presumably they had archives. If archives are found, scholars may learn what the Arzawans thought about the loudmouthed Hittites, who defamed them in cuneiform 3,100 years...
...more surprised than disappointed to discover that the combination somehow does not work this time. The songs, by Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke, are naggingly reminiscent of other tunes, but none of the cartoon creatures-except, possibly, a whistling beaver playing a bit part-have a fraction of the lovable charm of those in Disney's earlier fables...
...camera" shoots light out, acting like a highly educated floodlight. The source of light behind the lens is a luminescent surface that glows brightly when struck by a hair-thin beam of electrons. The electron beam scans back and forth, covering the whole surface in a small fraction of a second. The spot of light that it creates is projected on the scene by the lens, scanning it like the beam of a small searchlight. There are no moving parts except electrons and light, so the spot can move as fast as necessary...
...project at the adult wards, however, helps only a small fraction of the 1,700 patients; a more comprehensive and integrated program exists at the children's division of Metropolitan State. There, about 100 volunteers can concentrate their efforts on 110 psychotic children. Directed by John Liebeskind '57, Roy Shulman '56, and Karen Wilk '58, the work in the children's unit is generally considered one of the volunteers' most outstanding achievements...