Word: marked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bestiality of the African past, came to be viewed as a war of independence. Kenyatta himself, who had been denounced by a British colonial governor as "a leader to darkness and death," became as the ruler of his new nation a symbol of reconciliation without rancor. As a special mark of respect, the British government announced that Prince Charles would represent Queen Elizabeth II at Kenyatta's funeral this week...
...trouble is that anyone waiting for rationality in the foreign-exchange and gold markets may have to wait a very long time. Last week's trading was an example: though there was no special news to drive the dollar down, it sank to record lows against the yen, mark and Swiss franc, and also declined against the British pound, which bobbed briefly over $2 for the first time since 1976. Despite the later rally, at week's end the dollar had registered these drops just since mid-July: 7% against the yen, 3.5% against the mark, 10.5% against...
...milliseconds, the doughnut-shaped device known as the Princeton Large Torus held a plasma of hydrogen and deuterium in a strong magnetic field at a temperature of 60 million degrees centigrade-four times higher than the sun's own internal heat and better than twice the mark set at Princeton last December. Equally important, feared instabilities at that temperature did not occur, making the physicists more confident than ever that they will be able to demonstrate the scientific feasibility of fusion by reaching the magical break-even point: when as much energy comes out of a reaction as goes...
...tremendous arm, a pulverizing bat and looks like the best rightfielder in the league. Hot Reggie has been at least one reason why the Dodgers have drawn so well. This year they are almost assured of being the first team in baseball to top the 3 million mark for a season...
Uncle Tony isn't married to Aunt Meg any more, but Princess Anne still rang him up to do some snaps. So Lord Snowdon traveled to the 1,200-acre Gloucestershire estate where Anne lives with Husband Mark Phillips. The resulting portraits of the Phillipses and their son Peter so pleased Anne that she picked 20 poses for her official 28th-birthday portraits. Lord Snowdon does not believe in having a readily identifiable technique, because, he says, "that would limit me to a recognizable style." Recognizable subjects, however, are obviously desirable...