Word: shielding
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...ship would be operating entirely alone during its high-wire maneuver, all of its commands preloaded into its computer. As Cassini-Huygens approached the gap, it carried out, as preinstructed, one final step to protect itself: it turned around and pointed its large, dish-shaped antenna forward--a makeshift shield to protect the fragile hardware behind...
...FORCED TO RESIGN. ZAFARAULLAH KHAN JAMALI, 60, Prime Minister of Pakistan, after 19 months in office; in Islamabad. The country's strongman President Pervez Musharraf was displeased with Jamali for failing to endorse his policies and shield him from an increasingly restive Parliament. Jamali will be replaced by ruling Pakistan Muslim League party president Chaudry Shujat Hussain, regarded as more obedient to Musharraf...
Twenty-two feet long and weighing in at 4,700 lbs. unfueled, Cassini is an extraterrestrial truck bristling with a dozen instruments. It is protected by Kapton blankets that shield it from micrometeorite hits and warm it against the deep freeze of space. Inside, it operates at room temperature...
...March 1983, Reagan gave a landmark speech calling on the U.S. to build a shield that would render Moscow's nuclear missiles "impotent and obsolete." Whether or not the U.S. could build such a Star Wars shield was less important than the Soviets' knowledge that they themselves never could. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) quickly became an obsession of the Soviet leadership. Konstantin Chernenko and Mikhail Gorbachev tried to derail it through propaganda and arms control. But Reagan steadfastly refused to give...
...breathable fabrics. The average T shirt, according to some dermatologists, often isn't tightly woven enough to block out rays. Meanwhile, the new Buzz Off line of apparel, made by Ex Officio, staves off mosquitoes, ticks and other insects through at least 25 washes and offers UPF-30 sun shield...