Word: odder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That partner turns out to be well worth years of searching. Its apparent characteristics contain intriguing hints of an unexplored microcosmos, one that may be populated by particles far odder than any discovered to date. For the top quark is extraordinarily heavy. It is, to be exact, 200 times heavier than a proton and almost as hefty as an entire atom of gold. That an elementary particle can weigh so much, says University of Chicago physicist Henry Frisch, amounts to a "tantalizing clue." It suggests that the top is intricately entwined with the mysterious mechanism that is responsible for creating...
...bizarre family? Gilbert Grape's is odder...
...takes to bestowing kisses on his partner. A crazed gunman barricades himself inside a building and holds off a SWAT team but seems at a loss to explain why. "I want you to send somebody in," he finally calls out, "to help me think of my demands." Even odder, all of this doesn't blast away at viewers with the firepower of a typical sitcom Uzi; devoid of a laugh track, it floats along like an errant Wiffle ball...
...explosion of new fossils, high-tech analysis and revamped theory has revolutionized how scientists think of these prehistoric giants. They turn out to have been quick, smart, sociable -- and odder looking than most people dream...
...especially prevalent among first-years who are trying to land that elusive lead role. Interestingly, neither Benjamin nor Mark and Larry O'Keefe seem to agree. "Well, it is notoriously cliquish," says Benjamin, "but I think it's because people have been in a lot of shows together at odder hours than anyone else. It's not like a group of people who all know each other and all live together in the same house. I think you just need a chance to get in. I think it's more just that by the time you're a senior...