Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...purpose of such technological derring-do? To create the ultimate garbage dump. Because of the strange physics at the black hole's boundary zone, waste material dropped toward it would only be partially consumed; some of the material would be flung back out at much greater speed. This material could be caught and its extra energy harnessed, like rushing water, to power the civilization. The only hitch: the engineers would have to be careful not to "feed" the black hole too much garbage, lest its event horizon expand and swallow up the whole civilization...
...Dorms Opens Here's where the early bird gets the primo worm. What you need here is the speed of Houston Mac Tear and the brute strength of Otis Sistrunk (University of Mars and the Oakland Raiders). You see, most suites in the Yard have one single bedroom and another room (or a few rooms) in which latecomers get to double up. So there's an obvious advantage awaiting you if you get up here real early, obtain your key from the janitor, and sprint up to your room with all your belongings in two. Once...
...thorough are the General Congregation's preparations for this conclave that Cardinals devoted 20 minutes last week to discussing whether ballots should be folded once or twice. The hope is that this meticulous preliminary work will speed the conclave, which will be a new experience for all but the eleven Cardinals who were at the 1963 conclave-three of whom also attended the 1958 conclave. Says one Vatican Cardinal: "We have got to get it over with as quickly as possible or it will create a very bad impression with the public," which will assume deep divisions exist...
Other random thoughts occur. For example, how come in movies like this a couple of crooks can indulge in a top-speed car chase through downtown Los Ange les for 20 minutes without attracting a single squad car, when you or I get hauled in just for failing to make a left-turn signal? How come Hill insists on making the leading lady (Isabelle Adjani) so enigmatic, so much the dark lady of a thou sand bad screenplays, that the entire audience giggles every time she talks without moving her lips? And, finally, how come the Department of Energy didn...
Besides providing transportation and pleasant outings, roller skating is rapidly becoming a recognized sport. The U.S. Amateur Confederation of Roller Skating lists 12,000 speed skaters, 17,000 artistic skaters and 3,000 hockey skaters, with club membership up by a third in the past two years. National teams of all three kinds of skaters will compete in next year's prestigious Pan-American Games, and skaters are hoping to be included in the 1988 Olympics...