Word: dimming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...similar massive explosion incited turmoil and foreboding when a formerly dim star grew immensely bright...
...long been known that a ring of material encircles Saturn, scientists only speculated that Uranus has its own set of rings. In 1977, MIT astronomer James Elliot, working in the Indian Ocean, observed the planet as it passed in front of a star. The star suddenly grew dim then bright five consecutive times-concrete evidence of rings...
...highly publicized case sparked a diplomatic tug-of-war between officials in Washington and Bern. Because Switzerland's law forbids the divulging of business secrets, authorities there took a dim view of an American court fining a Swiss firm to obtain documents. In August 1983 Swiss officials descended on Rich's Zug offices and seized papers out of fear that the company would cave in to U.S. investigators...
...house lights dim, wind chimes fill the night, and a lady appears at her cello to play a wistful air. Welcome to empyrean, where wit is a state of grace and the seraphim move in minute, minuet steps. No mortals need apply here, in this latest Royal Shakespeare Company triumph, which opened last week at Broadway's Gershwin Theater in repertory with Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. In the Much Ado realm, gods and goddesses play at love, duel with words, feign indifference and even death to gauge a suitor's passion-all to wile away...
...they make today's Justices seem spry. In the mid-1930s, six members of the Supreme Court were over 70, and none was younger than 61. A majority was highly conservative on economic questions and deeply suspicious of the power of the Federal Government. The court took a dim view of President Roosevelt's economic recovery program, striking down one piece of New Deal legislation after another, starting with the National Industrial Recovery...