Word: prolonger
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...this year. "When you see you only have one year left playing hockey," he says, "it makes you want to play every minute the best you can." He admits he has considered pro hockey but doesn't want to keep playing, in Europe or the low minors, just to prolong...
...think that with better planning or more firepower we will get it right the next time. The next time, perhaps in El Salvador or some place like it, we may not lie about our figures and we may not go "half-way"--but we still will not win, only prolong the agony. That our troops are not yet in El Salvador can be attributed to a limited comprehension of the Vietnam experience, but that comprehension is rapidly fading. Only when we realize that brute force cannot cure the political, social and economic woes of a nation in upheaval will...
...imposition of martial law to the West Germans, confessed to a private gathering of diplomats and journalists that the military coup had brought Poland "back to square one." He gave the impression that the military, having grabbed power in Warsaw, was uncertain about how to proceed and might prolong martial law in definitely because of a lack of alternatives. The main problem, said Rakowski, was that the regime had no potential partners left to help repair the country's ravaged economy...
...delegates also agreed to outlaw "cold" (or nonexplosive) harpoons on minke whales, starting with the 1982-83 season. Conservationists claim these weapons prolong the animal's final agony, but the Japanese insist that faster-killing grenade-tipped harpoons damage too much of the flesh and are dangerous to the hunters. The decision gives them time to develop a less damaging, safer explosive harpoon...
...three bombs of the type dropped on Nagasaki. The plutonium would be formed into a hollow sphere containing a small neutron source that might be made of radium and beryllium. The plutonium itself would be wrapped in a beryllium or uranium reflector, which helps contain neutrons and prolong the chain reaction. This shield would in turn be covered by a layer of TNT charges, the most critical aspect of the design. The charges would have to be so carefully shaped that the detonation would direct their force largely inward, crushing the plutonium into a solid, compact ball. The plutonium would...