Word: eye
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...joint project of the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the extraordinary telescope, unlike other reflectors, does not use a single primary eye on the sky. Instead, it has six main mirrors, ,JS each with a diameter of 1.8 meters (72 in.). Arrayed in a circle and directing their light on a common focus to produce a single image, they gather as much light as a traditional 4.5-meter (176-in.) instrument. Thus, the so-called Multiple-Mirror Telescope is exceeded only by Palomar's 5-meter (200-in.) mirror and the new Soviet 6-meter...
Money traders like Levy are, consequently, in the eye of a financial hurricane. Though they mostly act on orders from clients rather than initiate trades, they do the actual swapping of dollars for other currencies. And since their arcane business is little understood, they inevitably come under suspicion of abetting the recurrent panics that often cause the dollar to plunge further than any reasonable calculation of its purchasing power would warrant. As Otmar Emminger, head of the West German central bank, complains, "The currency markets have become absolutely irrational...
...Eye of the Needle, Follett...
...their law school classes. Most are young and could be earning considerably more. Instead, they accept salaries ranging from $22,000 to $47,000 to "play in the big leagues," as McCree puts it. Says the Solicitor General: "We have the excitement of being in the eye of the hurricane...
...Russians are deceptive. Chekhov drew a bitingly comic profile of the follies that his provincial characters are prey to; yet he shared their pain. Turgenev fired off comic volleys that riddle his provincial characters' vanity and pretension; but when his people bleed, he casts a cold and worldly eye upon the scene. In Chekhov, longing is the arrow of love, usually un requited; in Turgenev, idle fantasy is the fuse of sex, equally unrequited. Boredom is a palpable force in Chekhov, more of an indifferent landscape in Turgenev...