Word: quarks
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Charmed Particle. The bit of matter, called the J particle by Ting and the psi particle by Richter, gave solid experimental support to the evolving theory that the basic building blocks of matter are a family of particles called quarks. It provided strong evidence for the existence of the fourth quark, one that has the property that scientists whimsically call "charm." Since the simultaneous findings by Richter and Ting, at least seven more members of the J, or psi, particle family have been discovered, further strengthening the quark theory...
Indeed, the New York Times's new stylebook is more than twice as long as the old one, and the added bulk is largely words and terms that were practically unknown in 1962. Some may eventually prove to be short-lived inventions, but herewith a brief sample: marijuana, quark, ESP, NOW, IUD, OPEC, MIRV, sit-in, mugging, détente...
Finishing behind childs' 24:51.7 and Rojas' 24:55.4 were Mearns of yale. 3rd John quark the Harvard team captain with a 25:26 time and 4th; Ron Van de Kraats of Princeton, 5th Steve Gilmore of Navy, 6th; Jeff Kramer another midshipmen the Steve Flynn of Army, 8th Lesley Aln also of Army, 9th and Harvard's Marsh Jones, who was 10th with a time...