Word: glowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brief cease-fire cast an eerie silence over the plane as it winged like a giant silver bird into the firy glow of the North American sunset. The atmosphere grew oddly contemplative...
...electric current forever." If that was true, he figured, electric currents as large as 100 quintillion (100 followed by 18 zeros) amperes could be induced in the strings. These currents could in turn produce intense magnetic fields around the strings, and particles, like electrons, caught in the fields would glow. In fact, a radio- telescope image of the center of the Milky Way, taken last spring by Mark Morris of UCLA and Farhad Yusef-Zadeh of Columbia University, shows threads that some astronomers think could indeed be glowing strings...
...final step was to irrigate the plants with a solution containing luciferin, another substance found in fireflies, which must combine with luciferase, oxygen and adenosine triphosphate, a substance found in all cells, to produce the familiar luminescence. The plant's well-being is unaffected by the glow, which can be seen only with sensitive video equipment, photographic time exposures or eyes that have become accustomed to the dark...
Because of my press pass, I came in proximity to such luminaries as Dwight Evans, Roger Angell, Gene Mauch and Jim Palmer. Although it was exciting, seeing them up close somehow made them less awesome and more human. But this, too, seemed to add to the glow of mystery and excitement permeating Fenway Park...
Indeed, the optics race is liable to take on ever increasing urgency. The struggle for discovery, though, will probably be well worth the cost. Says Robert Lucky, executive director of communications sciences at Bell Labs: "There's no telling where this technology is headed." Actually, there is. The alluring glow of optics is pointed straight toward profit and increased productivity...