Word: containing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nuclear fusion-the process that feeds the fires of the sun and gives the H-bomb its awesome power-atomic nuclei of light elements like hydrogen collide and merge. The resulting nuclear particles contain less mass than the sum of the original nuclei; again, matter has been converted into energy. But while atomic nuclei easily split, they do not easily fuse; they have positive electric charges and thus repel each other, acting as if they had invisible springs between them. Getting them to join requires that they approach each other with enough energy to overcome their natural repulsion and smash...
...Celsius and be maintained at that temperature for about one second at a density of about 1014 (100 trillion) particles per cubic centimeter. Scientists have taken two different routes in their efforts to achieve these critical conditions. One is to use a "magnetic bottle" -an enclosing magnetic field-to contain the hydrogen fuel. The other is to use lasers or electron beams to make miniature hydrogen "bombs" out of tiny pellets of the fuel...
...Heaven bustle about designing portable restrooms, and manna and nectar refreshment concessions for the up-coming gala bimillenium. ("We're expecting millions of tourists," Mary tells Brinkley.) The bumbling corruption of Soviet-American disarmament negotiators and the CIA's school for assassins are cleverly ridiculed, but the caricatures contain more than a morsel of truth. Yet the whole "message," if it is indeed a message, is almost too absurd...
...with 8,000 tons of sea water an hour to prevent it from catching fire. Other ships, dispatched by a crisis control center in Stavanger, Norway, stood by to help, while aircraft were warned to stay clear of the area. A small fleet of recovery ships deployed booms to contain the oil so it could be collected, but their work was hampered by heavy seas. Two American experts, Asger ("Boots") Hansen and Richard ("Toots") Hatteberg, flew in from Texas to try to cap the well, and encountered more problems than they had expected. High winds stymied their earliest attempts...
...Anne Tyler can no longer be called a prodigy; she remains prodigious. Her work is marked by the traditions of the South-but not those of the Southern novel. Her seven books contain none of the classic grotesques or theological underpinnings. Tyler prefers trademarks of her own: a firm sense of region and family and a sure and witty touch with her characters. Her books are advocacies of affirmation; in Earthly Possessions she again demonstrates that profound gentleness and beauty can reside in the plainest of people...