Word: realm
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...storm on a track veering 60 miles to the west of the island, and 1??F fluctuations in temperature quelled its destructive winds. They sound easy enough, but in the real world those kinds of modifications "would require a huge amount of energy," says Hoffman, "not in the realm of what we're capable of these days." Scientists may never find a way to alter wind speeds, but Hoffman speculates that in 10 years, orbiting satellites that generate solar power in space may be used to beam down enough heat to change temperature. "But these things take time, money...
...earlier and more frequently than sitting Presidents are supposed to. When Bush first referred to Kerry in a campaign speech in early March, he was criticized for trading away the power and prestige of the office and elevating Kerry in the process. "His office is the coin of the realm," a Washington political veteran said at the time, "and he's squandering it." Instead of sitting back and enjoying the Rose Garden, though, Bush felt he had to define Kerry before the Massachusetts Senator could define himself. "He discovered in 2000 that campaigns are choices and not referendums," says Bush...
Belichick defines the 21st century NFL coach: tech savvy, detail oriented and passionate about personnel--a mini-CEO in his realm. New England spends inordinate amounts of time evaluating playersand not just assessing athletic talent. It looks for personalities that fit into New England's system, which is not star driven. A head coach today, Tagliabue explains, is "someone who is effectively an executive investing half a billion dollars in the next five years." That's the amount of money each coach will have to spend on players over that period, and the salary cap prevents any team from buying...
...larger and more diverse audience than ever before, due primarily to a dramatic increase in exposure. Past vehicles for indie dissemination—obscure music rags, for instance, but above all the unconquerable mixtape—have yielded to the power of the internet. Indie is no longer the realm of the snob and the obsessive. Eager kids with access to a computer can tap into the scene on their own with the assistance of websites like pitchforkmedia.com, which sift through the releases of obscure labels and make it all far more digestible...
Removed from the organized, slow-paced baseball world and thrust into the helter-skelter realm of college hockey, Wolff struggled. Like a Randy Johnson fastball, hockey never seemed to slow down...