Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contributor to the chatty Live with Regis and Kathie Lee morning show, Perelman appears at his share of gala events but refuses to grant interviews. His only known hobbies are hunting acquisitions and smoking cigars -- made, naturally, by Consolidated Cigars, a company he used to own. Last year he burst into the headlines by leading a $315 million takeover of five ailing Texas thrifts. The Federal Government sweetened the deal by providing $900 million in tax breaks...
...couple of weeks ago, I was at a senior bar where, wonder of wonders, there was room to dance. After several of the computerized drum tracks that pass for dance tunes these days, the Village People's 1978 hit "YMCA" erupted over the stereo. And in a burst of 1970s nostalgia, the dance floor exploded with seniors doing the dance we all remembered, forming the letters of the title with our bodies during the chorus...
...public has been sharply divided about North since the scandal burst into the headlines in 1986. While many consider him a rogue who set out to thwart the lawful conduct of foreign policy, others are convinced that North is a patriotic pawn swept up in what he called a "chess game played by giants." The heart of his defense was that his actions were approved by such superiors as Reagan, former National Security Advisers Robert McFarlane and John Poindexter and the late CIA Director William Casey...
...tensest moment came when the students burst through the last police line before Tiananmen Square, the symbolic seat of power and the scene two weeks ago of a violent confrontation between students and police. According to students, two were seriously injured and 300 briefly detained. As the activists proceeded down the Avenue of Eternal Peace toward the north side of the 100-acre square, they were met by truckloads of troops. But the soldiers made no move to stop the demonstrators, who swarmed around the trucks. After a few minutes, the vehicles and their bewildered passengers slowly drove away...
Behind the burst of activity is a dramatic advance in computer technology. Over the years, computer scientists have devised an impressive array of mathematical techniques, or algorithms, for rendering 3-D images on a 2-D computer screen. Traditionally, these algorithms -- for drawing things in perspective, for example, removing surfaces hidden from the viewer's line of sight or painting finished objects with texture and shade -- have been encoded in programs and stored in computers as software. As such, they used up massive quantities of computer time. To draw a simple object ten times a second, the minimum needed...