Word: equilibrium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fixed beneath. As she tools back and forth along a thin cable strung 19 ft. above the ground, her friends wait for a chance to take a spin. Meanwhile they get an impromptu physics lesson from a guide on how the counterweight and gravity keep the unstable vehicle in equilibrium and prevent their friend from tumbling over...
...annual property tax of $2,914.) But because of the community's historic resistance to commercial development, and thus the limited options for raising new revenues, the board has little choice but to count on the district's voters to see them through to fiscal equilibrium...
...atmospheric scientist Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Indeed, at a certain stage of its life cycle, a storm of a given size will stir up enough cold water to put a halt to its growth. At that point, scientists say, it has come into equilibrium. Maintaining that balance is especially hard, because if a hurricane stirs up too much cold water, it will weaken and die. This suicidal tendency no doubt helps account for the fact that Category 5 hurricanes are so rare. Indeed, only two have hit the U.S. during this century, among them...
This flip has reached equilibrium only this year, resulting in a merger that dissolves Radcliffe College and creates a new Institute for Advanced Study...
Scholars and managers of university presses say they are still seeking that happy equilibrium...