Word: nelsons
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...Constitution. In 1973, when Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to step down in a kickback scandal, Richard Nixon named Gerald Ford to replace him, in part because Ford was House minority leader, which made quick approval in Congress more likely. By contrast, Ford's selection of Nelson Rockefeller, a congressional outsider, was held up for months by hearings into Rockefeller's finances...
...LIFT-OFF Bill Nelson, Democrat, Florida
...though, telescope designers were leaping all over the place. University of Arizona astronomer Roger Angel's solution to the sagging-glass problem was to cast huge mirrors that are mostly hollow, with a honeycomb-like structure inside to guarantee stiffness. University of California at Santa Cruz astronomer Jerry Nelson opted instead to create a mirror not from a single huge slab of glass but from 36 smaller sheets that would, under a computer's control, act as one. And in Europe, design teams came up with yet another idea, the exact opposite of Angel's: instead of making the mirror...
...seems poised to win the Nevada seat of retiring Democrat Richard Bryan, while the Florida seat being vacated by popular Republican Connie Mack will most likely go to Democratic candidate Bill Nelson. This means that Democrats need to win eight of nine races, an unlikely outcome, but not an impossibility...
...cellar were hurt by the transfer of Kira Misikowetz, last season's leading scorer. The Black Bears (6-19-2, 3-19-2) will look to junior forwards Andrea Keller (11 g, 11 a) and Raffi Wolf (15 g, 6 a) for goal-scoring. Senior blueliner Kelly Nelson (4 g, 4 a) will lead the defense while junior Amanda Cronin will start between the pipes...