Word: losses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days. That record was not beaten by the Russians until 1978. More important, it proved to all doubters-and there were many-that humans could live and work together in space for long periods, conquering both isolation and the physical effects of weightlessness, such as weakening of the muscles, loss of height, reduction in red blood cell production and slowing of the heartbeat. Largely because of diet and exercise, these conditions disappeared soon after the astronauts returned to earth...
...Great Loss...
...touched so much in chemistry and touched it well that the world and Harvard will be at a loss," Tischler said. "He was not only a tremendous scientist but a very warm person," he added...
...needle to vibrate and to trace a wavy groove on the soft surface of the cylinder. This is kindergarten stuff, even allowing for the introduction of magnetic tape in the late 1940s. Most music now is recorded onto tape; when that tape is transferred to a master record, loss of quality inevitably occurs. Even if the master is excellent, acoustic impurities are picked up, the "surface noise" that frays the nerves of the audio freak like nails on slate...
...picture. In this case the premise involves a successful perfume manufacturer (this ties in with Streisand's famous proboscis-get it?) whose accountant has absconded with all her assets except an inactive prizefighter (Ryan O'Neal). The boxer had been kept on the payroll as a tax loss, which suited him just fine since boxing was the sort of sport at which he imagined he might get hurt...