Word: turnings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ostriker, chairman of Princeton's astrophysics department: "There is no theory using conventional physics that can explain these structures without causing other inconsistencies." Ostriker has coauthored a quite unconventional scenario involving hypothetical objects called cosmic strings. These strings, he believes, could generate explosive bursts of energy that would in turn create the bubbles...
...clear signal about what kind of post-cold war Europe the U.S. envisions, and what it may do to help create one. The progressive dissolution of the onetime Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, symbolized by the opening of the Berlin Wall, raises the possibility of a historic turn toward peace and cooperation -- but also the danger of churning instability. So the questions are piling up: What can the West do to strengthen the democratic movements in Poland, Hungary and East Germany? What sort of relationship can be forged between the former Soviet satellites and the capitalist states of Western Europe...
...fakes, particularly in ill-documented but now increasingly expensive areas of art. Few forgers would be dumb enough to try to send a fake Manet, let alone a forgery of a living artist like Jasper Johns, through Sotheby's or Christie's. But where fakes abound, some will inevitably turn up at auction; and where millions of dollars abound, fakes will breed...
...pound, fresh turkey is no longer a bargain, but has caught on as health-conscious consumers turn away from red meat, Silver notes. While he hesitates to give specific numbers, he says that by tomorrow he will have sold "thousands" of birds...
Tsongas said the Legislature must have leadership "that declares an end to special interest, spoil-system government." He cited as an example the Legislature's vote last week against forcing the beer and soda pop bottling industry to turn over to the state $46 million in beverage container deposits that consumers did not redeem...