Word: actually
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...model. But in a report to be published in the Oct. 1 issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers will announce that they finally have supporting evidence. Says Charles Lada, professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona: "We've detected what we believe to be the actual collapse of a cloud to form a star very much like...
...nuclear-weapons stories, "evidence" and "reminder" in crime stories and "effect" in any story on threats to the First Amendment. In English it is merely something one does with white wine. Reforms and changes can only be "sweeping" and investigations "widening," especially on days when the investigators have no actual news to report. "Mounting" is always followed by pressures or deficits. All arrays are "bewildering," whereas all contrasts are either "striking" or, if the story is weak, "startling...
...times and were intercepted once. But the fumbles bothered less than the long pauses for huddles and time-outs. Accustomed to their weekly compressed broadcast of top games with edited nonstop action, British followers of the sport are a highlight hybrid, completely at sea among the delays of the actual event. "I didn't realize they had this many commercials on American television," said one British fan. "I've never seen so much standing around. It makes cricket seem almost action-packed...
This restaging of the First Battle of Manassas (as the South, which won and thus should have the choice, calls the conflict) came 125 years less one day after the original. The site was five miles from the actual battlefield, on 500 acres turned over for the occasion by a land developer. It was one of the largest re-enactments so far in the national craze for battle re-creations, which gathered momentum as a result of the Bicentennial celebrations ten years ago, and shows no sign of a cease-fire...
...have since been brought into the program. Canisius in Buff'lo and the University of Detroit now provide similar plans. All three also offer rate-for-'ge variations. A 17-year-old bound for Detroit, for example, can put up $20,284 now for four years starting in 1987 (actual cost: $29,075), while a ten-year-old needs only $14,572 for his projected $46,687 tuition. Detroit offers free testing and counseling for participants from age six. Says Peter Remington, Detroit's vice president for university relations: "We'll be able to advise parents about areas to work...