Word: thin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reactor's power center is its fuel core. Housed in a pressure-cooker-like reactor vessel, the core is filled with pellets of fissionable uranium packed in bundles of thin cylindrical zircaloy rods. Inserted into the core are still other rods, usually made of cadmium or boron, which absorb and retain neutrons given off by the uranium atoms-in effect, stopping the billiards and regulating the intensity of the reaction. To start the reactor, the control rods are raised to precisely calculated levels. The chain reaction begins, converting mass into energy and producing great quantities of heat...
...lengthy: an oarsman and sculler since college, he has worked with Harvard crews for 19 years and coached the U.S. national and Olympic women's crews. Gordong Gardiner '79, the team captain and varsity boat stroke, describes Parker: "Harry's the best in the country. He treads the very thin line between undercoaching and overcoaching...
Begin said he would immediately submit the proposals to his Cabinet, and made it clear that he would urge approval. Though it was past midnight in Cairo, Carter telephoned Sadat to report the encouraging developments. Despite Begin's endorsement, the Israeli Cabinet approved the U.S. proposals by only a thin majority: nine in favor, three opposing and four abstaining. When he got word of the vote, Carter again called Sadat, this time to tell him of his idea of flying to the Middle East. Said Carter: "I'd like to come over with these suggestions. They're not going...
...Jupiter. Coming within 278,000 km (172,400 miles) of the swirling Jovian cloud tops, the robot survived intense radiation, peered deep into the planet's storm-tossed cloud cover, provided startling views of the larger Jovian moons and, most surprising of all, revealed the presence of a thin, flat ring around the great planet. Said University of Arizona Astronomer Bradford Smith: "We're standing here with our mouths open, reluctant to tear ourselves away...
Joel and Feldman said the high altitude and thin air of Reno hampered the swimmers, making it difficult to breathe. Feldman, who also placed 32nd in the 500-yd. freestyle, said the altitude "was definitely a disadvantage and almost a psyche...