Word: lefting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fuel, began falling out of orbit. But before the satellite re-entered the atmosphere, an automated safety system kicked in. The reactor was separated from the satellite and shot into a higher orbit. If, however, the reactor should collide with a defunct satellite or some other piece of debris left from more than 30 years of human activity in space, it could be knocked out of orbit anyway. Says Daniel Hirsch, director of the Stevenson Program on Nuclear Policy at the University of California at Santa Cruz: "The probability of a collision with space debris is unacceptably high...
...ever remember snow," said Debbie, 12. "It was fun." Not for everybody. More than 10,000 customers lost electrical power, and drifts forced the closing of parts of Interstate 5, California's main north-south artery, causing monumental traffic jams. The unusual weather left thousands of vacationers moping in Palm Springs and did frost damage to citrus groves and flowers scheduled to be picked for Valentine's Day. By the next day, though, most of the snow had melted, disappearing as suddenly as it had arrived. Maybe it was all just a special effect...
...choice left many observers puzzled, particularly because Bok's decision seemed to defy the recommendations of a faculty search committee...
...professors contacted yesterday said they were concerned that Clark--an outspoken critic of the Law School's left wing and radical scholars--would deepen the already serious ideological rifts in the faculty. Clark has often criticized adherents of the radical Critical Legal Studies (CLS) movement, who say that the law is an instrument of social injustice...
...drive to Vail from Denver, the mountain town will come upon you as a surprise. You've been driving for an hour-and-a-half, the golf course on your left seems endless, when suddenly the red topped roofs and neat rows of town houses, condominiums and shops appears...