Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cell being used by the two scientists melted down. "That," says Pons, "told us we had much more energy than could be attributed to a chemical reaction." After the accident, Pons called Fleischmann, who had returned to England. Fleischmann responded to the momentous news with an admonition: "We'd better not talk on the phone." Pons says they ultimately spent about $100,000 of their own money to pursue what they were convinced was fusion...
...worship: "Once I am sure there's nothing going on/ I step inside, letting the door thud shut." That offhand "nothing going on" builds slowly to signify a loss of faith, of ritual and communal practices. There are no tears, but neither is there comfort; we are, for better and worse...
...their golf outlays last year on travel. Marriott Hotels and Resorts, based in Bethesda, Md., currently operates 18 golf getaways in the U.S., plans to open another in Hauppauge, N.Y., this fall and has three more on the drawing board. "If we don't have golf, we'd better have an ocean," says Marriott vice president Roger Maxwell. "If we don't have an ocean, we'd better have golf." Maxwell estimates that 95% of the hotel chain's group business comes from golfers...
...Nooooo! It was better, in a weird way, because everything was O.K. There was sense in the world. I went deep into my subconscious and had access to two different vantage points. I still feel that there are two worlds: the mirror world and the other one. Reality is the one that I see, not the one most people see, except in their dreams. Because I'm from that world, just pretending to fit into this one, the creative space in my head is freed. There are no limits. Nothing is imposed...
...would-be chef faces the final test preparing and serving food. The New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt., has set up one of its restaurants, Tubbs, in a remodeled jail. Says co-founder John Dranow: "We've been influenced by the medical-school model. Students learn better by doing than by watching...