Word: looping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the first four years, when the White House staff was run by the Meese- Deaver-Baker troika, a combine widely hailed by the press for its success, Speakes was cut out of the inner loop and often operated in ignorance of events, for which the same group condemned him. "I fought my way off the floor," recalled Speakes. "When I finally got into the meetings, I had a seat in the corner. When I finally got up to the table, I didn't have any papers or charts...
With his conclusions, Witten had inadvertently provided Ostriker with the agent he needed to produce the giant voids. "When I first saw Ed's paper, in 1985," Ostriker says, "it blew my mind." Reason: a vibrating, current- carrying loop is a radio transmitter, and if the current is large enough, the ultralow-frequency radio waves it emits will be incredibly powerful -- strong enough to push surrounding gases and dust incredible distances away from the loop. With Witten and Graduate Student Chris Thompson, Ostriker went to work calculating the effects of the waves. "Again and again," he says, "we thought...
...cube is marred by cracks and lines left over from uneven freezing, the universe too might have developed flaws -- in the form of strings. These strings would try to straighten and contract, often whipping about and getting tangled in the process. When a string crossed itself, the resulting loop would pinch off from the main string and go vibrating away...
Scenario 2: Four sophomores have caused obscene messages like "Every donut needs a hole" and "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" to appear in every computer account, causing some high-strung teaching fellows to burst into tears every time they see a For-Next loop. What is the appropriate sentence for these malefactors...
Then he throws a loop around the sorrel colt's neck. The horse runs, then plants his feet and struggles. Ray holds the lariat tight -- not with a "fighting feel," but patiently, until the fear subsides. As soon as the colt moves forward, Ray rewards him by throwing slack in the rope...