Word: airing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cigar smoke always reminds me of my grandfather. We grandkids used to gather at the foot of his favorite leather chair and beg him to blow hazy blue smoke rings into the air above our heads. It never occurred to us to blow our own smoke rings, even as adults. Cigars, like my grandfather, were from a different...
...MISSION] Help scientists learn more about flight control. The information may improve the aerodynamic capabilities of micro-air vehicles (planes with a 6-in. wingspan...
MISSION Find land mines. Explosive devices leak small amounts of chemicals into the air. Researchers hope that by analyzing the chemical content in a hive, they can determine if explosives are in the area...
...willful too. His eyes go red if you pat him too hard. If he can't quite reach his hot-pink ball, he will freak out. And if you take the ball away, he pauses for a second before rotating his head toward you with just the right air of indignant menace (eat your heart...
Even if the kids don't touch each other, they can still annoy each other--and you. Caroline Keens, a Virginia mother of two, forestalls battles over the car's air temperature by insisting that everyone wear the same number of layers, and music choices must be unanimous. But she also knows she can only do so much. "If you remove the arguments altogether," she says, "they don't have any way of learning how to negotiate." When the bickering is truly unbearable, don't attempt your dad's brand of auto discipline, circa 1965: steering with your left hand...