Word: dente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what if the codes had slipped out? The fallout could put a sizable dent in the U.S.'s nuclear hegemony. The legacy codes are sets of equations that approximate how nuclear explosions work; they are modified as weapons tests are conducted to assess the potency of new designs. Coupling the codes with actual engineering specifications for warheads--like the W-88 designs China has already stolen--would give a foreign government a road map for replicating the American nuclear arsenal...
...growth machine is double-clutching, feeling the dark side of globalization in places like Brazil, its third largest market, where the recent devaluation hurt business severely. Coke's sales are also weak across Asia, and the company's huge investment in Russia is underwater. Pepsi needs to make a dent in Coke away from home, because the Atlantans derive most of their profits outside the U.S., where Coke outsells Pepsi...
...area among the geriatrics and Georgetown set alike. Even Vice President Al Gore '69 has vowed to abandon the Macarena in favor of the "Booty Call." Clubs in the area can't keep up with the demand for the butt-centric moves and it promises to make a dent nation-wide. So, before the trend passes Harvard by, take time to learn the dance craze that will soon storm the nation. Here are the steps as reported by the Washington Post...
...have familiarized myself with shocking collapses. I wasn't even born when Bucky Dent hit a cheap three-run homer to win the '78 playoff game, and I didn't watch Game Six of the '86 Series, but anyone who follows the Sox will note the lingering trauma these events have inflicted on New England...
...have familiarized myself with shocking collapses. I wasn't even born when Bucky Dent hit a cheap three-run homer to win the '78 playoff game, and I didn't watch Game Six of the '86 Series, but anyone who follows the Sox will note the lingering trauma these events have inflicted on New England...