Word: instrumental
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...working so amazingly well," says Berkeley's Geoff Marcy, a champion planet hunter in his own right and a member of the Kepler science team, "that the light curves [that is, the dips in light caused by transiting planets] look like they come from a textbook, not a real instrument...
Pitch: This novel tells the story of Owen Meany, an unforgettable character who believes himself to be an instrument...
...characterize the planet's atmosphere, Charbonneau said that he will need a space-based instrument like NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...
...Insurance companies can do whatever they want with premiums unfortunately, so the medical loss ratio is a superb instrument," Rockefeller said in an interview with TIME, adding that customers have a right to know how much of their premiums are spent on administrative costs like marketing, salaries and profit. "If you buy a gallon of milk and you end up with half a gallon, you're not really happy about that. But in that case, you can take it back to the store and get mad." (See the top 10 health care reform players...
...eliminates the need for stirring, which is a common source of contamination from brettanomyces - yeast that leads to spoilage and cloudiness. "We used to break our backs racking and stirring the wine, and here's a system that works better than man," says Schlaepfer. "It's a magical vinification instrument...