Word: formely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Obviously a population explosion doesn't start hurricanes to form in the Carribbean, or natural floods in Bangladesh. But it does mean that when those things happen, they affect more people who are living in more densely populated areas. The days when a huge storm could develop, blow and dissipate without affecting a soul are long since gone. This explains how we can keep hearing about "worst-ever" disasters--if Jamaica or the coast of Texas are twice the population of what they were the last time a storm the size of Gilbert hit, then twice as many people will...
...lander, the cosmonauts could hardly move. They had food and air for perhaps three days. A surrealistic touch was added by a bag of live fish that had been used in an experiment and occupied the third seat in the lander. Mission-control engineers were concerned that ice could form inside the vehicle and freeze the cosmonauts -- and the fish -- to death...
Both the U.S. and the Soviets use electronics to study form and technique, to test aerobic capacity and to develop speed and coordination via devices much like computer games. Sometimes the results are practical: demonstrating to a runner that he is placing more stress than needed on his ankles. Other times there is apparent tech-cess: the $1 million flume built by the U.S.O.C. to study swimming has been used by only a handful of athletes since it became operational in May. Numerically, the Soviets have a seemingly huge lead in sports-science researchers, although the different systems make numbers...
Sander, who co-chairs the steering committee, also reported that another subcommittee has recommended giving more financial aid in the form of grants instead of loans...
...director, who had been in charge of the tourna- ment for more than 25 years, explained thatonce she had received an entry form from a womanwho had included only one recommendation.Reluctantly, she decided to let the woman play inthe tournament...