Word: denser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...argument hinges on the Gulf Stream, the ocean current that brings warm surface water north and east and heats Europe. As it travels, some of the water evaporates; what's left is saltier and thus denser. Eventually the dense surface water sinks to the sea bottom, where it flows back southward. And then, near the equator, warm, fresh water from tropical rivers and rain dilutes the salt once again, allowing the water to rise to the surface, warm up and begin flowing north again...
...PHILOSOPHY] Make carbohydrates 60% of your daily diet; denser ones fill you up and require more calories to digest...
Already the discovery of the moonlet is paying scientific dividends. By analyzing the orbit of the satellite, astronomers are drawing surprising inferences about the composition of Eugenia itself. Most asteroids are thought to be about three times as dense as water, but Eugenia is barely 20% denser, suggesting it either is made of loosely packed rubble or is rich in ordinary ice. Further analysis could help settle the question, and more discoveries of more moonlets could shed similar light on Eugenia's asteroid-belt sisters...
...Sean: It's about an inch longer and thicker too. It's a bit denser than Fenway franks. And a little dryer. The skin's a little thicker...
...certain points in my life. I mentally prepared myself to play lacrosse to the driving rhythms of the Nixons; Van Halen played before my wrestling matches and Miles Davis has been known to make appearances in my room before midterms, soothing my mind and allowing me to penetrate denser material...