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Fall 2005


Volume 21, Issue 2

FEATURES

THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY THE SOVIETS SOUGHT TO COPY

GERTRUDE ELION DIDN’T JUST FIND CURES FOR DEADLY DISEASES; SHE CHANGED THE WAY DRUGS ARE DISCOVERED

POWERLESS GLIDERS PLAYED CRUCIAL ROLES IN WORLD WAR II

NASA BUILT A HANGAR 50 STORIES HIGH FOR THE ROCKETS THAT WENT TO THE MOON

Since World War II, rainmaking has gone from hoax to high tech to uncertainty. Is it ready for another turnaround?

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