Word: diving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take the trip over to the Computer Museum for a Walk Through the Computer 2000. Ever wondered how that creature on your desk actually functions? This two story working model of a personal computer allows visitors to explore the world of their PCs. Dance on the keyboard or dive into the ethernet card at the Computer Museum. 300 Congress...
...sperm whales are mammals and rely on oxygen from the surface to survive. Consequently, scientists find it hard to fathom how sperm whales can dive to depth of 4,000 feet, search out and devour giant squid in the complete darkness and return to the surface in time to breathe again...
During one sequence early in the second half, Cowan blocked three straight shots after a Tiger penalty corner, but found herself tangled with the Princeton attacker after the third. On the subsequent penalty shot, however, Cowan guessed right, which in this case meant a dive to the left to block the shot and keep Princeton from scoring its fourth goal...
...name O plays on the French word for water (Cirque's founders are French Canadians) but also means to evoke the word of wonder that audiences so often express--Ohhhh!--as gorgeous bodies sail through the air or dive from a 60-ft. pedestal into the pool that occupies much of the huge stage. O could stand for the oasis of sophistication Cirque represents with this production and its sister show, Mystere, at Treasure Island, on the four-mile Strip in the desert...
...began, like most neophyte collectors who have a bundle to spend, with the easy, lovable stuff: Impressionism, and specifically Renoir. But rather than dive in at the deep end of the art market on his own--a certain prelude to drowning--Wynn found himself a guide in William Acquavella, 60, a closemouthed and formidably well-connected New York private dealer whose stockroom is one of the best in the U.S. Acquavella impressed on Wynn that in the art market, there are no bargains: he would have to pay top dollar for top works. The big test of this came with...