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Lockheed's echo-location system may some day have an important impact on antisubmarine warfare, for it shows that the human ear, when working with the proper mixed frequencies, can determine the composition of an unseen object. This could correct a major failing in present sonar systems in which whales are sometimes mistaken for ene my submarines. It may also put the Seeing-Eye dog out of business. Lockheed scientists hope to reduce the sound generator to the size of a flashlight; then the blind may learn to "see" with their skilled ears...
...reaching for one perfect final portrait of man, and his avaricious eye is often bigger than his brush. "I am trying to communicate with myself, and I keep hoping that one day I'll knock myself backward with the impact of what I've done." Until then, the chances are good that Bacon will continue bowling over everybody else...
...Cold War: "We must not give ground anywhere. Does that mean that we should never be able to improve our chances of living together with Russia or engineering better relations? I could not accept that pessimistic conclusion. The impact of education and science is inevitably working a social change in the Soviet Union. A revolution started 40 years ago cannot maintain its momentum for ever. In spite of all setbacks, we must persevere. Today we keep the peace by the balance of terror-because that is what life is. But we must work to wards keeping the peace by reason...
...greatest ever written in Russia. Schmidt's version happily avoids the ponderousness of other efforts, and is marked by smoothness and consistency. However, it contains an oppressive use of "damn," "bastards," "sons of bitches" and similar expressions. In moderation they can be funny, in excess they quickly lose their impact. "Bastards" is not an inherently funny word, as Schmidt would have us believe...
...largely unanticipated by-product of civil rights activity this year has been its creative impact on television news coverage. All three major networks have pioneered aspects of television journalism: more network energy was devoted to the March on Washington than to any single event in history; CBS presented a one-hour debate on the northern press and civil rights; and NBC devoted three hours of prime evening time to an exploration of what it called "American Revolution--1963." Finally, on Monday night ABC joined the race with the best entry so far--a unique, one-hour documentary appropriately named Crisis...