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...once a dazzling array of superconductor uses seemed tantalizingly possible. Researchers now estimate that high-speed computers using superconductors may be three to five years away. Farther off are 300-m.p.h. trains that float on magnetic cushions, which now exist as prototypes but may take at least a decade to perfect. Power lines that can meet a city's electric needs with superconductor cables may be even farther in the future...
...damage that a humiliating retreat would inflict on America's reputation would be almost as great as that from the Iranian arms- for-hostages deals. "If the U.S. backs out of this one," says a Western diplomat in the Persian Gulf, "it won't have enough credibility to float a teacup...
Alnilam also contains impelling descriptions of aerial combat, though we learn later the stories are probably lies. Significantly, the accusation cannot lessen the imaginativeness of the narration. It is one of Dickey's better stunts: to portray the artist as an inspired liar who can convince us that boats float on grass and a book...
...sleeping on floors or living in cars, unsure of where they stand in time or space, few of them know how to keep jobs, let alone take care of themselves. Phillips' characters lack purpose and authority. Their world is fluid, but they do not quite go under. They simply float...
...acted as if he was there for good. Some 200 protesters rallied at Richmond's city hall, chanting "He must go!" and listening to local politicians denounce Singleton. Said Mayor George Livingston: "My suggestion would be to put him on the barge where that garbage is and let him float away from here," referring to the hapless Long Island vessel that has been searching for a dump site up and down the Atlantic and Gulf coasts...