Word: spectacularity
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Like many other spectacular discoveries, Anders' finding was serendipitous. He and his co-workers had simply hoped to elaborate on the Alvarez hypothesis by detecting trace amounts of rare noble gases, like neon and xenon, in the layer of Cretaceous clay deposited during roughly the same period that the dinosaurs became extinct. They were seeking to identify the nature of the object responsible for the impact. Because noble gases collect in carbon particles, the scientists isolated the carbon in Cretaceous sediment taken from Denmark, Spain and New Zealand. To their surprise, all three samples contained carbon that had been deposited...
...game was not without spectacular moments. After Benson's miraculous block of a penalty shot--with five seconds left in the game--the ball scooted over to Sandler who, despite three torn ligaments in his left hand, hurled the ball 40 meters in the air over the outstretched arms of the Brown goalie for the final goal of the game. Harvard 12, Brown...
...bishops meet briefly once or twice a year, their last extended national council was in 1884. The U.S. bishops' conference and the Vatican have not yet considered the proposal, but, remarked one noted commentator on Roman Catholic affairs, Psychologist Eugene Kennedy of Chicago, "it would be a spectacular religious event in this country...
...Reagan fires up crowds on his planned weekly speaking schedule, perhaps he can regenerate the political clout created by his spectacular election victory last year. But Washington-wise politicians of each party agree that he has let that advantage dissipate over the past eight months. Rather than / committing a single, crippling blunder, the complacent President failed to point his Administration in new directions. Instead of revitalizing his capable team of advisers, Reagan let it break up, and then lost more time as Donald Regan settled in as the new chief of staff. The President stirred a storm of controversy...
...many of the items on display are created: a woodblock printer patiently applies each separate layer of a complicated flower design; a dough-figure craftsman fashions subjects too small to be seen without a magnifying glass; and two men effortlessly manipulate a seemingly undecipherable loom to produce a spectacular piece of silk--which requires hundreds of movements for every inch of design...