Word: vacuums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...current regime has progressed. We hope neither Jiang nor China will shy away from increasing world involvement and the world's democratic influence. Not a few observers have predicted that China, with five times the population of the United States, will fill the economic, political and military power vacuum left by the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In this emerging balance of power, with the stakes as high as economic and military security for all, we hope Beijing does not retreat into defensive isolation...
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, most people expected a burgeoning of political parties to fill the vacuum left by the communists. Parties did emerge, but in the tightly controlled presidential system that was hand-tailored for Yeltsin what counts is access--to the President, to his few closest aides and family members, and to half a dozen or so top government officials...
...flashlight, he found that the place looked surprisingly undisturbed. The darkened instrument panels were covered with a layer of sparkly frost, and a cloud of white crystals floated about like fireflies. These were thought to be the remains of a bottle of shampoo that had ruptured in the vacuum...
...caught a shaft of sunlight, and power began flowing to the blacked-out lab, causing it to stir to life. "I can see fans spinning and pumps working," he called out. "You're giving us really good news," a controller said, laughing. "Russian equipment works even in a total vacuum...
Digital goofing with old clips has given John Wayne and Fred Astaire the opportunity to sell Coors beer and Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners on TV despite being dead. A more disturbing prospect is represented by a film called Everything's George, which begins shooting this week. It will star George Burns, who is also dead but will nevertheless appear, as himself, with the blessing of his estate. "Five weeks after he died, we already had the rights," boasts producer Paul Greenberg. The screenplay posits Burns as a recent arrival in heaven, a Level One angel desperate to reunite with...