Word: tinier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...systems. Even more dazzling devices may be in the offing. At present semiconductors are flat; their electrons, for all practical purposes, flow in a single plane. But with the new layering technique, Dingle foresees three-dimensional devices in which electrons flow in all directions. That could make possible even tinier circuitry that would make today's minuscule computers look like veritable dinosaurs...
...because of the woman herself, but because you chose to present her as a model of what other women should be. It is not only inane but cruel to condition men to judge women according to the physical standards of a tiny minority of women chosen by an even tinier minority...
Kowal's observations indicate the object is between 160 and 640 kilometers (100 and 400 miles) in diameter-larger than most of the asteroids that orbit between Mars and Jupiter, but far tinier than the smallest of the nine planets, Mercury. It orbits the sun in the same plane as the planets and is currently about 1.5 billion miles from earth. Depending upon whether its orbital path is nearly circular or highly elliptical, the object could take anywhere from 60 to several hundred years to complete a single circuit...
...Architect Mies van der Rohe's famed phrase, this winter's new handbags are the most. Smaller than the standard envelope, minibags can be clutched in the hand, slung across a shoulder, hung from the neck or draped from the waist. The smaller the bag, the tinier the tag. One of ten models designed by Manhattan's Shirl Miller, a simple vinyl bagatelle retailing for $8, has sold more than 1 million. Other designs in more elegant materials can cost upwards of $100. The boom in bags has puzzled its beneficiaries. Says Bloomingdale's Fashion Director...
Surprise Bonus. On the long-accepted principle that minute particles of water improve combustion. Cottell began experimenting with mixtures of oil and watter. He broke them down in his reactor, and the tiny droplets of oil absorbed and encapsulated much tinier droplets of water. The emulsion burned so cleanly in his home furnace that, after months of testing, the fire had even oxidized away caked-on soot from the inner surfaces of the pipes. As a surprise bonus, says Cottell, the old furnace's fuel consumption fell...