Word: shapes
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...West Bank and Gaza Strip. TIME's Jamil Hamad reports from the West Bank that anti-Israel sentiment is running high in the wake of Israel's closing of the two Palestinian areas after a string of suicide bombings in February and March. "The economy is in very bad shape because of the sealing of Gaza and the West Bank. The unemployment rate is at 65 percent. Many can't get to jobs in Israel, and people don't have any cash." International relief aid is getting into the sealed areas, but Hamad notes: "It's not a deep-rooted...
...take you a few hours to get your system back in shape after a long winter. But pruning old files will make all your programs run much faster and leave you with more time to enjoy a beautiful New England spring...
Finally, the shape of Hyakutake's orbit tells astronomers that it has been here before, perhaps 9,000 years ago. That's crucial: the only reason a comet is visible at all is that its tiny core, just a few miles across, is surrounded by a giant cloud of gas and dust that can spread over a million miles. The cloud spews from the comet itself, as the sun's heat turns its dirty, icy surface into dirty water vapor mixed with other gases. If a comet is on its maiden voyage to the inner solar system, though, its surface...
Small wonder that U.S.-China exchanges, as Lilley puts it, are a "dialogue of the deaf." Weakened initially by the end of cold-war pressure to cooperate against the former Soviet Union, the relationship is in its worst shape since the Tiananmen massacre...
...heard on the radio that the pigeon-racing authorities dismissed that theory, explaining that Trafalgar Square pigeons are too old and out of shape to be competitive racers...