Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sooner QB Jamelle Holieway is stopped after a short gain by Trojan safety Cleveland Colter during second quarter action Saturday in Los Angeles."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sooner QB Jamelle Holieway is stopped after a short gain by Trojan safety Cleveland Colter during second quarter action Saturday in Los Angeles."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roller Derby teams Los Angeles T-Birds"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There have been national championships and Big Eight championships and long winning streaks and even victories over Miami back in 1973 and 1975."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Louis L'Amour, whose scores of Old West novels about gunfighters, lawmen and drifters drew on his colorful past as a gold prospector, roustabout and jack-of-all-trades, has died of lung cancer. Deceased 6-10-88"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roller Derby Teams Los Angeles T-Birds"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Debbie McCorkell #3 T-Birds #42 for Bombers is Laura Stafford"

Photograph of a woman in a window. The woman has not noticed that her picture is being taken, she is seated inside a small room that has a wood board window.

The overall objective of the Direct Conversion Technology task is to develop an experimentally verified technology base for promising direct thermal-to-electric energy conversion systems that have potential application for energy conservation in the end-use sectors. This report contains progress of research on the Alkali Metal Thermal-to-Electric Converter (AMTEC), and on the Two-Phase Liquid-Metal MHD Electrical Generator (LMMHD) for the period January 1988 through December 1988. Research on these concepts was initiated during October 1987. In addition, status reviews and assessments are presented for thermomagnetic converter concepts and for thermoelastic converters (Nitinol heat engines). Reports prepared on previous occasions contain discussions on the following other direct conversion concepts: thermoelectric, pyroelectric, thermionic thermophotovoltaic and thermoacoustic; and also, more complete discussions of AMTEC and LMMHD systems. A tabulated summary of the various systems which have been reviewed thus far has been prepared. Some of the important technical research needs are listed and a schematic of each system is shown. These tabulations are included herein as figures. 43 refs., 26 figs., 1 tab.

Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Times Herald, Page A-4, dated Sunday, August 7, 1988. The article, originally published in the Washington Post, discusses Jerry Falwell's moral opposition to the film "The Last Temptation of Christ."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George McKenna is a nationally known principal who turned a violence-wracked Los Angeles high school into a model one where the great majority of students now not only come to class, but go on to college as well."