Word: orbitals
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...democratic postwar era vanished with Stalin's unkept pledge to hold free elections in the "liberated" territories. By 1949, Communist regimes had consolidated power by force or subterfuge in eight countries. During the past 40 years, only two nations have been able to escape the Soviet orbit: Yugoslavia in 1948 and Albania...
Previously, astronomers inferred the presence of planets from their effect on their central stars’ orbit, he said...
...addition, Charbonneau said the GSFC team discovered that HD 209458b, which is 70 percent of Jupiter’s mass but 35 percent larger, orbits in a circular path. Previously, he said, astronomers believed that the planet’s surprising largeness could be explained by an elliptical orbit, but said this theory no longer holds...
...that have surfaced, writes James C. Y. Watt, who curated the exhibit for its first run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York last fall, reveal "a wondrous world born of an ancient civilization and transformed by the acceptance of the many cultures that came into its orbit...
...disband its military wing, in accord with U.N. Resolution 1559. A Syrian pullout would deprive Hizballah of a powerful ally on the ground and could choke off the Syrian channel for military supplies from Iran, Hizballah's main sponsor. Nasrallah is concerned that Lebanon will move into the U.S. orbit and face pressure to sign a peace treaty with Israel. While Nasrallah lauded Syria, he was careful to hold the demonstration under the colors of Lebanon's national flag. It was a sign that Hizballah will throw more of its weight into Lebanese politics; it already holds eight seats...