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Word: blinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cosmic Birth: First look at a young pulsar | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...believe in Nina's alibi, and though he gives a fair presentation of the script, his performance is uninspired. Daniels plays Selleck's whining publishing agent, but all he does is transfer his St. Elsewhere character to the screen. The cast is so familiar, in fact, that if you blink real fast you could almost swear you were sitting in front of your Zenith...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Mission Impossible | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

...Western alliance is stronger than ever. Europe is embarked on full economic integration. NATO, whose imminent demise is annually declared by critics, has shown remarkable cohesiveness, withstanding with nary a blink the planned removal of an American air wing from Spain and its relocation to Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After The Cold War Is Won | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...conjures up images of a land and people still bound by magic and ancient gods. Her metaphors are imaginative and often poetic. And the characters are at times fantastical, ranging from professional embalmers who travel around in wheel-chairs to silent Indians who disappear into the jungle at the blink...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Politics and Fantasy in South America | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

...from visible light do not < necessarily screen out harmful rays. To stop UV light, lenses must be treated with a special pigment that absorbs the damaging rays. Eye specialists caution that untreated sunglasses may be worse than no sunglasses at all. Reason: without dark glasses, people squint and blink in the sun, minimizing the amount of UV light reaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Do Your Shades Do the Job? | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

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