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At best, traditional wind turbines capture only 59.3 percent of the energy in wind, a value called the Betz limit.
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Also, there’s a little problem called the Betz limit….
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientist M. Elizabeth "Betz" Halloran, M.D.,
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As a prelude to their main match which Ms. Betz nearly always won, the two players would conduct a kind of clown-school tennis clinic with Ms. Betz as a tennis incompetent dressed in rags and sporting a racket warped like a spoon.
No.1 Women's Tennis Player Won Four U.S. Titles in '40s Stephen Miller 2011
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The late U.S. men's champ, Jack Kramer, called Ms. Betz, who died Tuesday at age 91, "the best athlete I ever saw in women's tennis."
No.1 Women's Tennis Player Won Four U.S. Titles in '40s Stephen Miller 2011
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Ms. Betz dressed in zebra-striped shorts and dominated every match until Mr. Riggs implored her to give Ms. Moran a chance.
No.1 Women's Tennis Player Won Four U.S. Titles in '40s Stephen Miller 2011
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But within months, Ms. Betz was out of championship tennis altogether, banned from competing for amateur titles by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association for contemplating turning pro in an era when championships were only for amateurs.
No.1 Women's Tennis Player Won Four U.S. Titles in '40s Stephen Miller 2011
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Keystone/Getty Images U.S. tennis star Pauline Betz reaches for a backhand on her way to the 1946 Wimbledon title.
No.1 Women's Tennis Player Won Four U.S. Titles in '40s Stephen Miller 2011
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A native of Dayton, Ohio, Ms. Betz grew up in Los Angeles.
No.1 Women's Tennis Player Won Four U.S. Titles in '40s Stephen Miller 2011
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