Word: complementing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assure that the Soviets would not cheat on the warhead freeze. The rule would govern how many warhead-dispensing maneuvers the top stage of the missile could engage in as it re-entered the atmosphere. In December 1978, the Soviets had twice tested the SS-18 with its full complement often warheads but with two feints?or "release simulations"?as well. Pentagon and Senate skeptics suspected that the Russians might be developing an SS-18 with a capacity to carry more warheads than allowed. The Soviets, however, claimed that the feints were merely intended to make it easier...
...food, the wine and the sights complement each other. Châteaux and churches along the wine route from Dijon to Beaune are open all day and illuminated at night. Vestiges of the mother of medieval abbeys-the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul at Cluny, established in 910?still stand. Cluny, together with the 11th century Church of St. Philibert at Tournus and that acropolis of Middle Ages Christianity, the Basilica at Vézelay, along with Burgundy's 505 other churches, are among Europe's great treasures of romanesque architecture...
...initiate this elegantly simple remedy, the entire secondary loop will be pumped "solid" with water rather than its usual complement of steam and water. Then the primary loop's pumps will be shut off. And lo, what might be called Operation Teakettle will start. Hot water will rise through convection in the reactor's core, and be carried off by a leg of the radioactive-tight primary loop that is already blueprinted as the "hot leg." The water's destination: the steam generator, where it will transfer (exchange, in engineering parlance) much of its heat to the water now flowing...
...brochette of scallops ($7) was equally disappointing. The scallops again were lukewarm and tough and while it is hard to rob a scallop of its basic good taste, the Promenade chef did nothing to complement it. The mound of rice that accompanied the scallops was equally...
...like to have some fun, if that word hasn't gone out of style, to complement the studious environment," Lenore Frazier said