Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their findings in the journal Science. But the wait is hardly over. The bubbles of brine, trapped in crystals of irradiated halite (essentially table salt from space turned blue by radiation), are so small ?- about an eighth or a tenth the diameter of a human hair ?- that they lie beyond the capability of existing technology. Never fear; a researcher in Cambridge, England, is apparently on the verge of developing a highly precise mass spectrometer that might be able to tackle the problem. Until then, NASA asteroid specialist Michael Zolensky and his colleagues will have little to do except wait...
...declares, is "no big deal" (though Greenlaw, 38, writes wistfully now and then of wanting to get married and raise children). As captain, she relies on the authority of her competence and her obvious gift for command, whether she is mediating a racial feud among crewmen or pushing them beyond their exhaustion to fill the boat...
...exactly agriculture, but the drought currently affecting the eastern United States and parts of the Midwest appars to be having a devastating effect on another rural crop: fall foliage. The lack of moisture has caused trees in New England and beyond to dry up and turn brown ahead of schedule. This has local businesses worried that the lack of foliage could cause tourists to make like a tree and, well, not show up at all those cute bed-and-breakfasts. And that could shave a considerable chunk of the estimated $8 billion that leaf-peepers pump into the regional economy...
...loss of one family member is hard enough to accept; to have to deal with the simultaneous deaths of three is beyond comprehension. Like so many other South Africans, I felt the Kennedy family was a part of my childhood, my teenage years and now my adult life. I have the greatest admiration for their strength of character, their determination, and above all, their kindness to those less fortunate. John Jr. typified the clan. The Kennedys can all lift their heads in pride and say, "Here was a man." VICKY SCHOEMAN Cradock, South Africa...
...them single mothers; the church or association puts together a team to help with everything from resumes to fixing a broken toilet to lining up free dental care. No one knew how the chemistry would work--or that the public-private partnership would help yield something valuable, even beyond a 65% drop in state welfare rolls...