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...still other applications, the intense magnetic fields that might someday be generated by the new superconductors should benefit any device that now uses electromagnetism in its operation -- medical diagnostic imaging machines, magnetically levitated trains, fusion-energy generators -- and will undoubtedly spawn a host of new machines. Electric motors could increase in power and shrink in size...
...Damn it, woman. You were hired by the elevator company to annoy me, weren't you? Admit it, she-demon spawn of Satan! Admit...
There are encouraging signs that the Democratic election victory, the Iran affair and a few other minor mishaps will spawn a new reality in the White House. The rather temperate statements from the leaders of Congress at the opening session were passed around last week by the legislative liaison office to all the President's senior staff with the pointed implication that they ought to reply in kind...
...city's drama scene has been highlighted by the Old Globe Theater. Offering mostly outdoor Shakespeare and classics, the Old Globe has grown from a summer festival into a year-round operation with three stages, a $6.4 million budget and a 1984 special Tony Award. Its success has helped spawn a lively local theater community, including the regionally acclaimed San Diego Repertory. A gap remained for those seeking new and avant-garde work, but that was filled in 1983, when the La Jolla Playhouse opened on a suburban campus of the University of California at San Diego. Although the playhouse...
...special talent for inventing ones for which the necessity had previously gone unrecognized. The birth of McDonald's in 1955 gave rise to a fast-food industry that serves 45.8 million people in the U.S. a day. The sluggishness of the Postal Service in the 1970s helped spawn a whole new industry: overnight delivery. Federal Express, started by former Marine Corps Pilot Frederick Smith in 1973, ships nearly 12 million packages a month...