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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...scanning tunneling microscope and working on a surface chilled to near absolute zero, researchers Donald Eigler and Erhard Schweizer were able to get individual atoms to respond to the magnet-like tug of a fine tungsten needle. But don't expect to see atom-etching booths at your local science fair. It took 22 hours to haul 35 xenon atoms across the bumpy nickel surface. And when the temperature rose above -380 degrees F, the masterpiece flew apart...
...contacts, experts say, stereotypical images emerge. A child can become afraid of older people because he thinks they are going to die. But by spending time with the elderly, kids learn to accept the frailty of the aging while discovering their strengths. In one Pennsylvania program toddlers from a local day-care center spend time with Alzheimer's patients after being read such books as Grandpa Doesn't Know It's Me. Youngsters also learn that death is a natural component of life. Generations Together, for example, is developing a curriculum dealing with separation and loss. It will help children...
Creative Metaphors. Since Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence announced his plans to head west for the sunny climes of Stanford University, speculation has been rampant in the local press that Bok will name Professor of Government Joseph S. Nye, Jr. to succeed him. Second-guessing high-level appointments at Harvard is generally a fruitless endeavor, but Nye did prove in an interview this week that he possesses a knack for bizarre turns of phrase that might come in handy in a major administrative post...
...pitch that was once reserved for "new federalist" Republicans, Robb called on the Democrats to advocate more power for state and local government...
...Responsibilities that were once entrusted to Washington may today be better managed by the states or by local government...