Word: groping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...someone who grew up in the area what it means to play in the Beanpot. He'll grope for words, maybe mumble something about "pride" or "electricity in the air." Then, a pause. As a kid, he played street hockey every day in sub-freezing weather, using the curbs for boards and garbage cans or a Rube Goldberg wooden contraption for a net; made his parents wake up at four in the morning to shuttle him to some dingy arena when ice time is cheaper and the Pee Wee team can practice; stared transfixed as Bobby Orr led the Bruins...
These are all terms being used by U.S. experts as they grope for some way to define and explain the momentous events that have suddenly engulfed the international arena. What is clear is that the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan has heightened world tensions to their most serious level since the Viet Nam War, and perhaps even before...
...whose integrity can be maintained only by the existence of a heretofore unrecognized "something" having several million times the mass of our Sun. Gulping perhaps whole stars, and presumably growing, this bizarre region is probably a black hole. The qualifier is needed because we are still learning how to grope in the dark, to sift through the clues contained in invisible radiation. Like the archeologist who digs through ancient rubble in search of hints about the origin and evolution of culture, the astrophysicist interprets radiation, seeking clues about the origin and evolution of galaxies, all of which may have black...