Word: perform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reaction of most specialists when deprived of the opportunity to perform their specialty. "I thought I could have done as well as or better than the guy who played," he recalls...
Some weeks ago Dr. Otto Hahn of Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Institute donned his work clothes, walked into his laboratory to perform a physical experiment. With a stream of neutrons (obtainable by subjecting a pinch of beryllium to the emanations of the radioactive gas radon) he bombarded a bit of uranium. While the routine little experiment proceeded all was peace and quiet in the laboratory. There was no crash of thunder, no flash of cataclysmic lightning...
...like nothing ever used before: with two delta-type wings weighing more than a ton each, it gives the boat added stability, more agility in tacking and greater speed overall. While his boat clearly had the advantage over all comers in light winds, many experts questioned whether it could perform as well in heavier conditions. Australia II, it turned out, is glorious in any kind of weather...
...though is the fact that our own people would become completely disillusioned with their government and condemn the act more vociferously than anyone else. But this is to be expected--and desired--in a nation that is based upon the rights of the individual. And it America ever did perform such an act, not only would we deserve more condemnation than could possibly be voiced, we would be unable to truthfully, from that point on, call ourselves a democratic people who respect the inherent right of individuals...
However, when the Russians perform the above act, while it is met with obvious revulsion, people are quick to place at least partial blame on others. Newspaper editorials state that the innocent passengers were victims of the Cold War and that it relations cool even the slightest bit between the two superpowers, it is the United States fault. How can such a double standard he stomached, let alone justified...