Word: converting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...velocity, says Guenter Riegler, a NASA senior scientist, a meteoroid as small as a dust particle could blast a hole nearly half an inch across in a solar panel or a layer of insulation. Equally threatening is the intense heat of impact, which would instantly vaporize the meteoroid and convert it to an ionized gas, or plasma, that would shock the spacecraft with an electrostatic charge. "If that charge got into some of your data circuitry," Riegler says, "it could wipe out data...
...rival those of Wall Street. Meanwhile, greater ease of movement for factories and goods will force euro-zone companies to become more competitive and attractive to investors. And with the euro, American businesses and travelers could save as much as 50% of the transaction costs they now pay to convert dollars into multiple European currencies. Says David Bowers, a European investment strategist with Merrill Lynch in London: "This will be the biggest shock to the global financial system since the move away from fixed exchange rates...
Wilford had another first-down pass, a 13-yarder to junior running back Chris Menick, but he could not convert on a second third-down opportunity. The drive went 36 yards, so Wilford showed again that he can lead the team in a substitute role...
...great difference between Australian and American landscape experience in the early 19th century was that Americans tended to see their wilderness as God's promise, whereas Australians emphatically didn't. Northeastern America had been settled by free, self-exiled Puritans, convinced of their sacred mission to convert "the Lord's waste," the forests of New England, into a place fit for God's elect. In the 17th century the Wild West was in the East, but by the early 19th the frontier had moved thousands of miles westward, taking with it the same optimistic, sacramental fantasy, translating it into...
Following three points on Kristen Schaffer's serve, the Crimson was only down 9-7 The Friars allowed Harvard to get back in the game by allowing two service errors. However, Harvard was unable to convert...