Word: cooling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington so far has been trying to play it cool, avoiding the emotionalism that in the past has paralyzed U.S. foreign policy and led to the Iran arms- sale fiasco. Officials sketch a three-part approach. First, the U.S. will talk informally with anyone, anytime. "We keep in touch," says National Security Adviser Colin Powell; he will not say with whom. Second, Washington will officially negotiate only with an "authoritative" representative of the Tehran government, and that stage has not yet been reached. Says one State Department official: "We hear from people who say they know somebody who knows somebody...
...high-temperature superconductors tolevitate trains or power super magnets, scientistswill either have to find a way to counter theresistance, or spend energy to cool thesuperconductors down, Tinkham argues...
...superconductors that were first discoveredrequired much cooling before they reached atemperature at which they would work.Superconductors discovered more recently haveworked at higher temperatures, and less energy hasbeen necessary to cool them...
Uncertain voters will be impressed by the barbs, the laughs and the cutting retorts or maybe by which candidate is better able to keep his cool. One would hope that someday these superficial issues--long a major factor in American elections--will fade in importance, and that political and ideological concerns will become paramount to every voter...
...sooner had cheering crowds welcomed Pope John Paul II to tiny Lesotho (pop. 1.6 million) last week than the cool night air erupted in explosions and flashes of light. But these were not fireworks welcoming the Pontiff. Blocks from the route the Pope's motorcade had taken through Maseru, the capital, South African commandos were storming a hijacked bus on which a band of antigovernment Lesotho guerrillas had been holding 71 Catholic pilgrims for 29 hours. When the gunfire ended, three of the four rebels lay dead. So did a 14-year-old girl, one of 31 children on board...