Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They are credited with setting the standard offilm speed at 16 frames per second. This standardwas changed only when the introduction of soundfilm necessitated a faster pace. The two brothersare also credited with coining the term"cinematographe," from which the word "cinema"comes...
...bust now. The man in whose name the fund- raising Parisian expedition had been made, Edwin Edwards, the Governor, has suffered two bruising trials on charges of making a small fortune through influence peddling, basically, and has been acquitted. Nonetheless, when looking at a possible fourth term, Edwards told Sam that maybe he should sit this one out. Sam agreed, thinking, "Ever since we carried him to Versailles, he's been acting like a king," and switched his support to Congressman Billy Tauzin of Thibodaux. Edwards eventually decided to run all the same. That is about where things stand...
...successful series of talks with the Soviets, the Reagan Administration, represented by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, was preparing to accelerate a program that the Soviets consider a major obstacle to arms control. Weinberger has decided that the Strategic Defense Initiative will graduate to the Milestone I stage, a Pentagon term meaning that the system is ready to pass from "exploration" to "demonstration." Star Wars, so far tested mostly in theory, will move beyond the blackboard and toward the battlefield...
...products -- cooked chicken, prepared in a variety of cuts and seasonings and all dubbed fresh despite an avowed ten-to- 17-day shelf life. Ducking questions about whether a week-old roast chicken could be considered truly fresh, Perdue and Shore made it plain that in this case the term means not frozen and, presumably, not spoiled. "I even ate some that was in my refrigerator for 40 days," reported Perdue, a strict calorie and cholesterol watcher who binges on caramel popcorn. "I was a little worried, but I'm too tight to throw it away...
...firm's president, have been arrested. The scandal, dubbed "Agrogate" by the local press, took a dramatic turn last week. As allegations mounted that he and his family were implicated, Hamdija Pozderac, 63, Yugoslavia's Vice President, abruptly resigned. He had been scheduled to begin a one-year term next May as the country's President...