Word: blasted
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...Princeton University, physicist Thomas Stix has suggested using lasers to blast the CFCs out of the air before they can reach the stratosphere and attack the ozone. His idea is to tune the lasers to a series of wavelengths so that only the offensive molecules would be destroyed. Admittedly, the energy requirement would still be exorbitant, but Stix believes that a 20-fold improvement in the overall efficiency of this approach could make it feasible. Even so, tens of thousands of lasers would have to be designed, tested and built before the first CFC molecule could get zapped. If this...
With 15:50 gone, the Crimson finally broke through, courtesy of Ben Coughlin. His blast from in front of the blue line during the game's first power play gave Harvard the lead...
Harvard continued to blast LaGrand into the second period, tallying twice, but a few slick B.C. plays ensured that the Eagles remained just one back...
Sorting through the debris of terrorist bombings like that of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 259 passengers, investigators found that while the blast blew a hole in the plane's fuselage, the breakup of the aircraft was caused by cracks that allowed the craft's skin to peel away. The theoretical answer: use materials that prevent cracks from forming, and the plane's structural , integrity will be maintained to allow for a safe landing. The B-52 bombings will help determine how much force will punch a hole in an airliner's skin...
...RHAPSODY IN AUGUST, three generations of a Japanese family contemplate a great and terrible event, the bombing of Nagasaki. But the milieu director Akira Kurosawa creates for their deliberations is small and serene: a farm where a grandmother, who witnessed the blast from afar and lost her husband in it, gently and indirectly informs her grandchildren about the past. And about the proper way to confront it -- with calm, unblinking acceptance. This is a part of their education their parents have neglected. For the middle generation, seeking economic advantage, especially with a branch of the family that has immigrated...