Word: scanned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the cables in place, Solovyev joined Vinogradov inside the lab, and the crewmen began their next chore, looking for breaches in Spektr's skin caused by the collision. The cosmonauts had originally been ordered not to turn the place upside down hunting for holes but rather just to scan for what NASA called blue sky showing through the walls. With the work going so well, however, controllers approved a more thorough search, and Vinogradov and Solovyev went so far as to disassemble Foale's stationary bicycle in order to create maneuvering room. "Michael," Solovyev joshed, "your riding days...
...this dense, exquisitely carved image is less a man than a conception of kingship: full of presence but withdrawn in meditation, centered, and plain to the point of humility. As pure as any Brancusi, it is one of the most touching icons in all Asian sculpture. As you scan it, the remoteness of the time and the society in which it was made ceases to matter...
...Sweet Revenge by Roberts back to back and posted strikingly similar passages on the Internet. ("Like a rocket, the heat tore up her arm," in one; "Like a rocket, the heat tore down her fingertips," in the other.) Roberts, who once published 10 novels in a year, began to scan Dailey's work and says she found more examples. Dailey has publicly apologized, claiming that her actions were brought on by a stress-induced psychological disorder. But Roberts, who was friendly with Dailey before the discoveries, vows that the relationship is over. "It would be difficult to be friends with...
...Sojourner control console at J.P.L. is equipped with a 24-in. video monitor, a 3-D mouse and a set of stereoscopic goggles. Before the rover leaves the lander, its camera will scan the terrain and transmit what it sees to J.P.L., where software will combine the images into a three-dimensional vista. Donning the goggles, Cooper and other scientists will then scout the virtual riverbed. When they find a likely place for Sojourner to visit, they'll start up the car and, using the mouse, tell it where...
...know how they get them," he said. "For one thing, with scanners these days, it's not hard to take the student phone book and scan that data into a database...