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...they were regarded as elementary particles. One of the principal achievements of physics in the 20th century has been the revelation that the atom is not indivisible or elementary at all but has a complex structure. In 1911 Ernest Rutherford showed that the atom consists of a small, dense nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons. It was subsequently revealed that the nucleus itself can be broken down into discrete particles, the protons and neutrons, and since then a great many related particles have been identified. During the past decade it has become apparent that those particles too are complex...
...sanders' words are any indication, Hooft may be the standout. Several, weeks ago, Sanders praised the job Hooft has done as forward and said, "Bob will be the nucleus of our attack in the future...
...Crimson lost the nucleus of last year's team last June and two of their captains, Todd Hooks and Steve Brown, are injured...
...already into their fifth year of Ultimate Frisbee. In contrast, Harvard captain Larry Wiseman said, "We started out at the beginning of last year with three people with experience in Ultimate, and no concept of the qualities needed to be good." By last spring, the team had a solid nucleus and managed to win its last three games...
...differed from state to state, Bass and DeVries point out: in Arkansas, Georgia and Louisiana there is nothing approaching a viable statewide Republican party; South Carolina and Texas have strong Republican state organizations, while the party in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia has been able to build on a nucleus of "mountain Republicans," whose loyalty stems from their support of freedom for the slaves (they didn't own any) and the Union during the Civil War. In these latter places, the Republican party has, in large measure, kept its traditional stance as a center-right group on economic measures while...