Word: deflective
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...vaporize it, says Alan Harris, an astronomer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. But the warhead might also simply break the rock into pieces that would hit the earth anyway. A better plan, proposed by concerned scientists in the early 1980s, would be to use explosives to deflect an asteroid rather than destroy it. Properly positioned, a bomb could nudge a threatening object enough to make it miss the planet. The catch, says Harris, is that there would not be much time to react to an approaching celestial body. "With an asteroid like this one," he says...
...creativity, a MacDonald power-play goal in the third period against Clarkson used an unusual object to deflect the puck into the net--the back of the goaltender...
...There were just so many [N.U. players] in front of the net, and the puck would deflect off them," D'Souza said...
...P.L.O. either, Israel felt no need to address the fundamental trade-off of territory for peace. Now Israel may find it harder to avoid the issue. In the meantime, some prominent Israeli politicians are contemplating unilateral action, such as limited autonomy for the territories, as a way to deflect the growing pressure to negotiate a territorial trade...
Freshman goalie Chuckie Hughes slid across thefront of the net to knock away a Chris Greniershot late in the second period. He lunged into anear-split to deflect a Dave Burke slapshot. Hemade a glove save on Trent Andison's short shotwhile Cornell was in the five-on-three situation...