Word: appearantly
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Scientists have been able only to theorize about the origin of pulsars, those superdense, fast-spinning celestial objects that appear to blink on and off as % often as every millisecond. Now the mystery seems to be solved. Last week an international team of astronomers announced that they had detected a pulsar emerging from the murky dust clouds left over from Supernova 1987A, a giant star that exploded about 170,000 light-years from earth and was first seen two years...
Greenbaum added that the water quality drops in three steps as the level declines. First, sand and sediments at the bottom of the reservoir mix, causing tap water to appear dirty. Also, as the water gets shallower, its temperature rises, meaning bacteria have a better chance to survive...
...story definitely struck a chord," says Nancy Chase, who, along with fellow reporter-researcher Megan Rutherford, helps select and edit the 20 or so missives that appear every week. Among our recent correspondents: George Bush, who disputed our statement that the median U.S. family income had remained relatively constant since 1977, and Peter Ueberroth, TIME's 1984 Man of the Year, who praised the endangered-earth story...
Last month Shamir suggested for the first time that the United Nations could play a strictly limited role in launching peace negotiations. All these hints appear designed to achieve two things: pre-empt any peace proposals from the Bush Administration that might entail U.S. pressure on Israel -- though there is no sign that any proposals are being seriously considered -- and lob responsibility for rejecting peace talks back into the Palestinian court...
...What would you say about a character who wears a handsomely cut vanilla- colored suit on a winter day in New York, with a lilac tie and matching striped shirt with a collar seven stripes high, and shoes custom-designed to appear to have white spats...