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Wartime Weather Data Digitized
FOR YEARS, scientists have been poring over old ship logs, scouring weather reports for clues about changes in the Earth’s climate. But there was a World War II-sized hole in their research: the hostilities disrupted commercial shipping and reduced t
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Mail Torpedo Failures
You can thank a U.S. Navy captain in the ordnance department (and his friends in the bureaucracy) for trying to cover up the torpedo failures that were reported [“Damn the Torpedoes,” Winter 2024] rather than trying to fix things. The Mark 14 was a h
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“You’re Just The Guy We’re Looking For”
AS ALLAN W. OSTAR approaches his 100th birthday, he can look back with pride on a career as an academic administrator and education consultant. For many years, Allan was president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. But, a

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