Word: attained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unattainable truth became. "I must tell you," Cézanne wrote to his son six weeks before his death in the fall of 1906, "that as a painter I am becoming more clear-sighted before nature, but with me the realization of my sensations is always painful. I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I do not have the magnificent richness of coloring that animates nature. Here on the bank of the river the motifs multiply...
...surprised by the freedom of operation they enjoy in the U.S. Foreign businessmen find a tolerance of competition that would be inconceivable in their own countries. Example: Lucas Industries, the big British auto-parts maker, dispatched one of its top men to Detroit to announce that it intended to attain sales of $500 million a year by 1980-at the expense of U.S. companies...
...hydrogen: deuterium and tritium. Reason: the nuclei of these isotopes have larger cross sections than those of ordinary hydrogen nuclei. Thus the probability of direct collisions between them is increased and that in turn means that less extreme conditions are required to make them fuse. The easiest fusion to attain, scientists determined, was between a deuterium and a tritium nucleus; they combine to form a helium nucleus and release energy in the form of a high-velocity neutron. Both isotopes are easily obtained. Each gallon of sea water contains one-eighth gram (.004 oz.) of deuterium, which can be converted...
...himself seriously, and concomitant to this, wants others to do the same. The only defense the humorist has against his own cynicism is to say serious things in a funny voice, and funny things in a serious voice. But the humorist must reject this escape, sacrificing the "funny" to attain the "Religious." In Allen's Annie Hall we see the humorist beginning this metamorphosis. Allen's male friend in the movie represents the Ethical Man of Law, and is in fact, a lawyer. He plays the cosmic straight man to Allen's cosmic nihilism. But Allen is no longer...
...succeed at romance because, for the length of time it requires to make a conquest, they can imagine themselves as different from what they are-tall, dark and handsome rather than short, reddish-haired and bespectacled. It is a state that Allen (more properly his public persona) can never attain. Similarly, most of us get through life by imagining that the machines and systems supporting us are humming along nicely, thank...