Word: secrets
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...boss, the famous chemist Gordon Moore, discovered the secret value of silicon. In 1965, he and his colleagues discovered that little pieces of the element could store and transfer electronic data without emitting energy that would overheat, and ultimately destroy, any computer of practical size...
...Senate approves the appointment of William H. Rehnquist to the Supreme Court, despite a Dec. 2 letter written by Tribe and 20 law other school professors questioning Rehnquist's competency. 14 - The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to publish a so-called humor magazine, admits its first two female members...
...Harvard food services begin to offer soybean omelets and other vegetarian alternatives in several dining halls. 19 - The Cambridge School Committee dismisses Superintendent of Schools Frank J. Frisoli '35, triggering several small fires, false alarms and bomb scares in local public schools. 25 - Nixon announces that secret negotiations have been taking place between Henry A. Kissinger '50 and North Vietnamese officials, but that the talks ceased when Hanoi stopped sending its representatives, citing "illness" as an excuse...
Auto and oil companies are gearing up for a battle to squelch California's electric-vehicles mandate just as New York and Massachusetts prepare to enact equally stringent zero-emission rules. But a dirty little secret may emerge this week when scores of EV drivers converge on a public hearing at the California Air Resources Board--namely, that GM, Ford, Honda, Toyota and other companies have worked to undermine the mandate to build tens of thousands of battery-run vehicles...
...Number of cases involving secret evidence, allowed under a 1996 anti-terrorism act that was challenged last week by lawmakers and the A.C.L.U...