Word: compression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complain on an empirical level: If one were to compress all the dialogue that the protagonist, Tom Riley (James Marshall), delivers throughout the film, excluding grunts and growls, one would not fill even the time it takes him to knock out a bloodied opponent in the ring...
...went into effect barely a week before Icahn's abrupt withdrawal from USX. The take from Icahn's sale was more than $1 billion -- impressive on paper, yet a measly 25% return on his investment over five years. Icahn's continuing problems at TWA apparently cry out for a compress of cold cash from his deep -- yet clearly not bottomless -- pockets...
...Ford said he attempted to compress as much as he could into the 18 points--a difficult task considering the complexity of the system...
...College of Radiology has responded with a drive, launched in 1989, to examine and certify mammography facilities. It advises patients to choose a high-volume accredited facility. Another sign that a mammogram is up to snuff: the ouch factor. To get a good picture, the mammography machine must compress the breast. "If you're not uncomfortable," says UCLA's Fox, "you're probably getting a bad mammogram...
Almost certainly, an unintentional blast would detonate only the chemical explosives that, if fired deliberately, would compress the warhead's plutonium cores and touch off an unstoppable atomic chain reaction. Some experts see a slim chance of a nuclear explosion in the case of the W-79 artillery shell, but the far more likely result would be a chemical blast that could release deadly radioactive plutonium or uranium from the cores. The safety problems, disclosed last week by the Washington Post, were promptly confirmed in public congressional hearings. The difficulties seem sure to complicate immensely a review under...