Word: diameterically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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One made-in-space product, tiny latex balls only a bit larger than a red blood cell, will soon go on sale. Formed in the near weightlessness of orbit in April 1983 on the Challenger shuttle flight, each of the 1,000 or so samples is exactly ten microns in...
Meanwhile, rescue workers were sifting through the embassy wreckage. The blast had left a crater 26 ft. in diameter and 8 ft. deep. Beside it lay the remains of the lethal van, in a burned and twisted heap. Ambulances wailed as armed guards lowered their weapons menacingly to keep curiosity...
World War II may be over, but the Japanese have announced that they will overtake the Russians on Hawaii. Japanese astronomers have submitted a plan to their government to build the world's largest telescope. The approximately $85 million structure would boast a seven-meter diameter reflector, which is one...
When blood tests and ultrasound monitoring indicate that the ova are ripe, the eggs are extracted in a delicate operation performed under general anesthesia. The surgeons first insert a laparoscope, which is about ? in. in diameter, so that they can see the target: the small, bluish pocket, or follicle...
Gross went on to win medals-two gold and two silver. One of the silvers, for the 4-by-200-meter relay, missed being gold by the diameter of the medallion. Earlier that day Gross had qualified for the 100-meter butterfly, then won the final with a world record...