Word: robbe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...withstand intense magnetic fields, they can as yet carry only about a hundredth of the current capacity of conventional superconductors. And because the amount of current flowing through the magnetic field determines its strength, scientists are concerned that a quick fix may not be in sight. Warns GE's Robb: "What we need now is a second invention that would modify copper oxides to allow high currents to flow at high temperatures. There's a fifty-fifty chance that second invention will ever be made...
Despite the absence of these players, Harvard managed relatively well for the first 21 minutes of action. Lane MacDonaled tied the score at 1-1 at 1:02 of the second period when he slapped a shot past Minnesota goalie Robb Stauber off the power play...
...states selecting about 30% of the 1988 convention delegates during the week of March 8, the field seemed tailored for a moderate Democrat who could tell the difference between kudzu and ivy. But likely Southern entries retreated from the fray: Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers and former Virginia Governor Charles Robb declared themselves out, and Georgia Senator Sam Nunn has temporized...
HART WILL win big in the Northeast, although perhaps not as well as a New Englander would. He will also drain some of the Republican support in the West, particularly in Colorado and California. The presence of Nunn or Robb as a vice-presidential nominee will draw a majority of Southern whites...
Democrats must unite now in support of a Hart-Nunn or Hart-Robb ticket. This means New Englanders must resist the temptation to support a favorite son and instead choose a candidate with the strongest chance of winning. Even if Massachusetts goes with the Duke, the rest of the country's Democrats must follow a different path...