Word: transporters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...laboratory animals, too much polyunsaturated fat has been linked to suppression of the immune system and the growth of malignant tumors. There is even reason to suspect that fatty acids derived from polyunsaturated oils might contribute to heart disease. Why? Fatty acids are components of the molecules that transport cholesterol around the body. But these acids are sometimes converted, scientists believe, into a form that may trigger the process of atherosclerosis. Polyunsaturated compounds, it turns out, are particularly prone to this sort of alteration...
...billing. Moreover, new technology has created the ability to translate all audio and video information into digital bits that can be sent over phone wires. Of course the Bells, like their cable-TV rivals, must upgrade their lines into combinations of fiber-optic and coaxial cable so they can transport in two directions the volume of films and other fare they hope to offer. And they must also play catch-up with cable when it comes to providing the entertainment...
...ground took too long to unload cargo from other planes. Government officials were demanding fees for allowing planes to land. American troops who did make it to Goma installed water- purification equipment that by Saturday was producing 120,000 gal. of water a day, but the only way to transport it was in tanker trucks...
...remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand whom she has never met. Together with her nine-year-old daughter Flora (Academy Award winner Anna Paquin) and her piano, Ada makes the long voyage by sea from Scotland to New Zealand. When Stuart arrives to meet her, he refuses to transport her piano to their house, leaving it on the beach...
...moon legacy leaves a daunting question. Why can we not find such a national project in today's contentious world that would give us a common purpose? What about a fleet of hypersonic transport planes that would move Moscow and Tokyo as close as Chicago? "Too many hands stirring the pot," says Keith Glennan, the first director of NASA. He remembers the daring and boldness of the leaders back then and fears that those qualities can no longer be found in a political system that seems to honor timidity. Why not health care or welfare reform or the elimination...