Word: altos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...professional timekeepers of the world determine, to the precise nanosecond, when a new year begins? They simply consult an atomic clock. And last week, just in time to ring in the new, the Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif., unveiled the latest in these meticulous timepieces. Twice as accurate as earlier models, the $54,000 device -- the size of a desktop computer -- will remain reliable to the second for the next 1.6 million years, a period far longer than modern humans have existed...
...motors as small as molecules of myosin are rapidly moving out of the world of fantasy and into the realm of possibility. "For years, scientists have been taking atoms and molecules apart in order to understand them," says futurist K. Eric Drexler, president of the Foresight Institute in Palo Alto, Calif. "Now it's time to start figuring out how to put them together to make useful things." With such powerful instruments to help them, scientists and engineers may finally be getting ready to do just that...
...currently serving a one-year fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, Calif. and could not be reached for an interview...
This contrast between solo and ensemble continued throughout the night. Although none of the flighty background vocals gave audience members motion sickness, perhaps the group should work on fuller arrangements and a thicker alto section...
...Opportunes alto section consistently displayed remarkable depth and should continue to figure prominently in their performances. Perhaps instead of including R.E.M. in their repertoire, the Opportunes should add more pieces by altos such as Kirsty MacColl or Sinead O'Connor...