Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like Jupiter and Saturn, but unlike its near-twin next-door neighbor, Uranus, Neptune appears to have distinct weather patterns. The probe's cameras have glimpsed a streak of white that may be an atmospheric jet stream, longitudinal bands that could mark prevailing winds, and a dark blotch, perhaps similar to Jupiter's ancient high-pressure system known as the Great Red Spot. Neptune, Jupiter and Saturn all generate more heat than they receive from the sun, while Uranus does not; the excess heat may be the source of the turbulence...
...leaks dried up, the capital's best reporters were caught by other stories, like allegations against former Attorney General Ed Meese and the Iran-contra scandal. HUD remained the gulag of Washington journalism, a backwater with an obscure chief administrator they dubbed "Silent Sam" Pierce. There was a distinct lack of glitz and glamour about the HUD beat. "We were looking elsewhere," explains syndicated columnist Jack Anderson. "We don't have enough eyes to look at HUD. The very name HUD says dullness, dullness, dullness...
...think the increased diversity has already made a distinct difference in the school and in our ability to think and teach about important subjects of great concern to those groups," says Vorenberg, who will officially step down from his post on July...
Insiders and outsiders. Those who run the University and those who seek to change it. The one group guards its power--though the personalities may change, the voice of authority retains its distinct ring. The others are a more diverse set, pressing concerns both personal and professional...
...this case it was not nearly so precise as the prosecution claimed. One expert calculated that there was a 1 in 78 chance that the blood on Castro's watch was not from the victim. That may be a small chance, but to the defense it constituted a distinct shadow of a doubt...