Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gone. Every few weeks in the past 12 months, something happened to invite an emotional public reaction of mass grief, panic or elation, often wildly disproportional to the significance of the event. Most of these eruptions had little staying power, but for the moments of their blazing they were huge, sometimes frightening...
...huge surprise of last week's testimony was the determination that when a mostly empty fuel tank gets as hot as TWA 800's was (about 145[degrees] at takeoff, because of the 400[degree] exhaust thrown off by air-conditioning units a foot away), the electrical charge necessary to detonate the resulting fumes is roughly a quarter of the smallest spark you feel when scuffing your foot on a rug. Said safety-board officer Peter Goelz: "We had no idea how little energy it took to cause an explosion." Hall remarked, "I for one don't see how every...
...hardest to explain was the lack of free throws. The Crimson was not awarded a trip to the charity stripe all evening. It made a huge difference in the score as Northeastern went 11 for 16 from the line--nearly a quarter of its offense...
...This upcoming game is huge," Scott said. "If we want to accomplish our goals and win the Ivy, we have got to start off right...
...already has a bad reputation as a browbeating, capitalistic, violent society capable of using any means necessary to maintain economic power. In writing about the possibility of killing Saddam, J.F.O. McAllister says, "It's not smart for the U.S., which has a huge stake in world order, to be seen as resorting to a little terror of its own" [VIEWPOINT, Nov. 24]. But that is a lame excuse. The only "unintended consequences" of assassinating Saddam would probably be higher morale all around and a newfound respect for the U.S. CAROL BANKS WEBER Honolulu