Word: vacuumed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maiden spying mission, to Panama. He recalls Luxmore warming to the topic at hand: "Not only have the Americans signed a totally misbegotten treaty with the Panamanians--given away the shop, thank you very much Mr. Jimmy Carter!--they're also proposing to honour it." A frightful power vacuum will occur, Luxmore argues, when the U.S. cedes control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians on Dec. 31, 1999. "Our task--your task--will be to provide the grounds, young Mr. Osnard, the arguments, the evidence needful to bring our American allies to their senses...
...been in there with portable vacuum cleaners, but you can't keep up with it," said John Provencher, Winthrop's head chef...
...teachers were coping with kids' misbehavior long before there was zero drug tolerance or gender sensitivity. What has changed is the parents. The welter of written regulations that have supplanted the rule of common sense in America's schools did not arise in a vacuum but in an atmosphere where parents think they know best--and certainly know how to call a lawyer. In response, skittish school boards have pursued rule codification as a way to narrow discretion and defend lawsuits. Yet trying to write detailed regulations about what is permissible between boys and girls during their most chaotic years...
...current political vacuum, however, is of Yeltsin's own making and reflects his philosophy of power. "Boris Yeltsin never really fully trusts anyone," said an official who has watched him closely for years. "He is very adroit at manipulating the friendships and animosities of those around him." Yeltsin's distrust of others and his gift for manipulation found its expression in the 1993 constitution. Drawn up at the height of Yeltsin's confrontation with the legislature, the constitution gave the President broad and vaguely defined prerogatives. The aim was to ensure that he, and only he, controlled all the levers...
...instead plan to blow away the field in part because Harold and his team of engineers have solved a set of daunting technological issues just in the past year. Harold is, after all, a rocket scientist. For instance, he has been able to create and sustain a relatively pure vacuum in which the flywheel spins, using such exotic devices as molecular drag pumps and molecular sieves. A better vacuum means less friction, thus better spin. He also has been able to suspend the rapidly spinning flywheel in its unstable environment by using sophisticated gimbals and magnetic bearings--something very...