Word: lunar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...floor and re-emerging; they are connected to black boxes through whose glass tops a puddle of mercury can be seen welling up and vanishing as the pump switches on and off. It is obviously meant as a metaphor for the circulation of fluids inside the human body, with lunar input. But it is a ponderous affair and mechanically unconvincing...
...than 150 years, they have been relegated to a handful of diehard loyalists and tinkerers, who were disparaged by most car builders and buyers as the nerds of the American road. It was not hard to understand why. The majority of such vehicles looked like ungainly, homemade versions of lunar walkers. Nor were they paragons of power, convenience or economy. After all, few customers would be drawn to a sale offering such dazzling features as, "Drive up to 60 m.p.h.! Travel as far as 100 miles without refueling! Recharge in less than six hours! Pay only...
...week celebration is based on the lunar calendar and traditionally falls between late January and early February. It is celebrated primarily in China but is also observed by some in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan, where there has been a Chinese cultural influence...
According to Professor of Astronomy Robert W. Noyes, lunar eclipses are fairly common and occur one or two times a year. They occur when the shadow of the earth prevents the sun's rays from reflecting off the moon's surface, he said...
Some students in Noyes's class interviewedyesterday said the lunar eclipse gave them abetter understanding of the concepts that theyhave been studying...