Word: sun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stressing because I've got three exams coming up in a row. I'm not very happy about it," said Jennifer K. Sun '93, who found a quiet place to study in the Leverett House dining hall. "It's kind of crammed because I didn't budget my time very well over break...
...arguing for network teletrials because secret sentencing is bad is as brainless as urging rock climbers to carry 50-gallon water canteens. If you go hiking in the sun, take some water, but don't take so much that you can't walk...
...blowup of 1991 rained volcanic ash on the Philippines and triggered massive mudslides. It also lofted 15 million to 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide high into the atmosphere, creating droplets of sulfuric acid that will reflect some of the sun's heat back into space. That could hold off global warming for a few years, but when the volcanic gas dissipates, The earth could make up for lost time and heat up uncomfortably fast...
This was a particularly bright year for photovoltaics, the technology for converting sunlight into electricity. First Texas Instruments and Southern California Edison developed a silicon solar collector they claim will halve the cost of squeezing juice from the sun. Then a pair of researchers in Switzerland came up with an efficient photovoltaic device fashioned after the greatest solar cells of all: the chlorophyll molecules in plants...
...yellow and green dots danced before her eyes. A doctor told her that when she stared at the sun, she burned both her retinas and damaged the central line of her vision. "I go up there to pray with one disabled member of my family and come home with two," she said bitterly. "I'm done praying. In a way, I'm angry with...