Word: melt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Intel) believed you could store those charges with an integrated circuit made by sandwiching metal oxide and silicon into an electrical circuit called an MOS transistor. Unlike trickier semiconductors, silicon is both a wonderful conductor of electrical charges and a nearly bottomless sink for heat, meaning it doesn't melt down as you push electrons under its surface at nearly light speed. Because it is made from refined sand, silicon is abundant as the earth...
...want to give your taste buds an orgasmic experience (great way to impress a first date), Chez Henri is a perfect place to take refuge and put yourself at the mercy of the food. Order the Monkfish with Fennel Puree, Shallot Jus and Chanterelles ($16.95). The capers melt in your mouth, the fish is white and tender and the accompanying mashed potatoes are completely integrated into the whole eating experience. Some restaurants slap down an ice-cream scoop dollop of mushy tuber that screams, "Here, you want starch, you got starch!" Not this place. Here even potatoes are treated...
...past year. But even for a darling, the heat of bright lights is no place to be when your company employs a rare and mysterious tax structure, as does Sternlicht's. That structure is the wax in his wings, and, win or lose ITT, its benefits could melt away and send Starwood, Icarus-like, tumbling from the stratosphere...
...after a big name like ITT, Sternlicht has created a personal Catch-22. If the scrutiny he's invited shows that his paired-share status is an unfair edge, lawmakers may impose limits; if it shows relatively little value, investors may lose enthusiasm. Either way, Starwood's wings melt...
...Maybe Davis should also have singled out Clinton reminding one group how the golfer Greg Norman squandered a six-shot lead at the Masters. "This thing could get away from us," the President warns. What he meant then was that his pre-election lead in the polls could similarly melt away. All the same, that's a remark that could turn out to be true in ways he didn't mean at the time...