Word: thins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...future, industrial might will flow increasingly from the power to make things small: the microscopic electrical circuits that form the core of computers, calculators, missile control panels, televisions, video games and all other electronic products. Called semiconductors, these circuits are most commonly etched in invisibly intricate detail on thin silicon chips as small as a baby's fingernail. Marvels in miniature, the chips can execute commands, perform complex calculations and store libraries of information. What iron and steel were to the Industrial Revolution, semiconductors are to the Electronic...
...officials said last week that it was too soon to tell whether, or to what extent, Western intelligence had been compromised. It was clear, however, that Washington's patience was wearing thin. British spy scandals have been a Western burden since the days of Kim Philby and his fellow double agents, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, all Cambridge graduates and members of the old-boy network, who were unmasked as Soviet agents. U.S. spymasters say that they have tried ever since to persuade their British counterparts to tighten security, but with only limited success. "The British are very good...
...Israel's patience wears thin, the fighting escalates dangerously...
...heighten their sensitivity to each other's movements. Miguel is small, 5 ft. 7 in., and slim, as fliers tend to be. He weighs only 132 Ibs. and has an almost invisible 26-in. waist. "I think he was born to fly," says Juan. "He is very thin, and yet very, very powerful." Juan, also 5 ft. 7 in., is 33 lbs. heavier, but he is not exactly a candidate for Weight Watchers either. His waist measurement is 28 inches...
...Naipaul? More than possible. Any poets? The blood of that race is getting awfully thin. The late Robert Lowell seems the last who would have qualified...