Word: titanic
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...miles Size, roughly that of Lake Ontario, of the lakelike feature spotted last week on Saturn's moon Titan...
...Titan's surface temperature, which is too cold for liquid water but could sustain pools of liquid methane...
...development of the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which could deliver a nuclear bomb from thousands of miles away; in Washington. Schriever, who also helped develop the Air Force's space program, streamlined its high-tech weaponry operations and oversaw the development of the Atlas, Titan, Thor and Minuteman missiles at the height of the cold war in the 1950s and '60s, when building the ICBM was the military's highest priority...
Western businesses are investing with eyes wide open. "The politics do concern us," says Grant Winterton, Coca-Cola's regional manager for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The beverage titan knows the risks firsthand. Coca-Cola invested $800 million in the 1990s to build 11 plants in Russia and an extensive distribution system. The company's fortunes took a severe knock in 1998 when Russia was hit by a debt crisis and a massive devaluation of its currency. But since then, Coca-Cola's Russian operations have grown back to profitability, Winterton says, and it has half of Russia...
Defensive jitters also cursed the Crimson, whose three errors—the first two allowed runners to reach base before the Dorn slam—prolonged the Titan attack...