Word: dimness
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...more-and do it over and over again-demands things of you, and gives things to you. You have to align yourself not just with the gun and the target but with your surroundings: light must be taken into account (people tend to aim lower in dim light), temperature (on a hot day the bullet flies faster and higher), and wind. "Three minutes," says Ian, an Army weapons instructor turned lawyer. He means that to counter today's stiff easterly, he'll move his horizontal sight three-60ths of a degree to the left. Shooting is all about precision...
...study was small, with just 36 volunteers, but rigorous and well designed. Researchers housed each participant in a soundproof room with dim lighting, no windows and no hint of real time. For most of the four-week study, the volunteers were kept on strict 20-hour cycles of sleep and wakefulness. The "forced desynchrony" was intended to throw the body's 24-hour clock out of whack, according to the study's lead author, James Wyatt, while mimicking the off-hour sleep-wake cycle that shift workers and jet-lagged travelers often struggle with. Every "night" of the study...
...West Side to the small stage with a backdrop of New York City tenements, a portable wire fence, and improvised balcony composed of ladders. The lighting (Chris B. Johnson ’07) consisted of a blend of red, yellow, and blue lighting which resulted in an intensely dim, albeit appropriate, setting. Cabot’s “West Side Story” is an ambitious attempt to reproduce this play, especially in such an unorthodox venue. As a student performance, Cabot House Musical Theatre ensemble should be applauded for adapting the classic for new audiences and exhibiting...
...extent of the change in China's sense of itself is equally evident among ordinary folk. A few blocks from Shanghai's Bund, a huge American flag dominates the entrance to an outlet selling the 100%-polyester products of the Shanghai Flag and Tent Factory. In the dim interior, soft-spoken salesman Zhang Xinwei says he admires the U.S.'s economic might and its innovative corporations, remarking: "I don't understand why Americans are scared of China's rise - there are so many great things that still come from America." And yet, says Zhang, he isn't pushing...
...comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder in this seminar that he holds fortnightly. You reserve in advance, and your session, which costs $48, includes five cocktails (for the champagne-based cocktail evening, it costs $60). In the dim light, some people smoke cigars, and '30s swing music plays softly in the background in this intimate, '70s-style lounge. Weber's lesson will focus on cocktails with a brandy base, so the syllabus includes the brandy alexander, sidecar, brandy stinger, pisco sour and brandy flip. History is an essential...