Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Buvoso herself was a virtual wall, recording 19 saves and completely stuffing two shots at the edge of the crease. But the Crimson offense contributed heavily to its own downfall with poor passing and sloppy shooting...
...Force contracts, is seeing its position as the world's leading producer of commercial aircraft being slowly but steadily eroded. Meanwhile, Airbus Industrie, a multinational European consortium of planemakers best known for the 270 passenger Airbus A300, is pushing energetically into overseas markets that once were virtual U.S. fiefdoms...
...Within one year NASA's [the National Aeronautics and Space Administration] research and development program will be 80 percent militarized." Webb said, adding that the civilian space program is facing "virtual extinction...
Despite these credentials, McConnell will not win the intercollegiates by default, Fifty-nine other players, from 22 different schools, will be vying for the coveted title. Trinity's Nina Porter, a virtual one-woman team who led her squad to third place in the national rankings this season, is the second seed and the only player to have beaten McConnell this year. A sophomore, Porter knows what it's like to be overshadowed--she finished runner-up to Pine Manor's Jane Giammatti in last year's intercollegiates...
...Dizzy Gillespie and Alto-Saxman Charlie ("Bird") Parker. He developed an angular breakaway from conventional jazz that came to be known as bebop and, finally, bop. His asymmetrical ideas had a powerful influence on modern jazz musicians and a whole generation of horn players, but Monk himself lapsed into virtual obscurity in the 1950s. Rescued by a series of inspired recordings with such jazz giants as John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, Monk eventually achieved both celebrity and steady work. But he remained an enigma. He wore skullcaps and dark sunglasses, and during performances, when the spirit moved him, he would...