Word: warmness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...matter how thick the ice is, the waters beneath it must still be liquid, thanks to tidal heating. This is good news for biology. Scientists don't pretend to know how warm a Europan ocean might be, but even waters that are just a degree above freezing would feel downright balmy to organisms that evolved...
...think that ordinary steam might provide some of the propulsive muscle behind the moon's volcanoes. Triton presents a greater organic hurdle. At -391[degrees]F, the moon is the coldest known object in the solar system. Nevertheless, it appears heavy with subsurface ice, which seems to have got warm enough, in the past at least, to flow over the landscape in a lava-like slurry. More tantalizing, dark streaks near the poles suggest that occasional geysering on the frozen moon may have spouted carbon or some other organic material. "We don't fully understand what's going on inside...
...weather continues to warm up--sort of--the spring sports seasons are in full swing, and several Harvard teams have important games this weekend...
...Harvard, performed four tunes with the Band: Jacquet's own "Robbin's Nest," as well as "Body and Soul," "Flyin' Home" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street." This was his eighth visit to Harvard. While Jacquet held the audience in thrall with his simple, warm, lyrical solos, it was the sensitive accompaniment by the entire Monday Jazz Band as well as the solid playing of Jacquet's regular drummer "Cook" Bradnax that made for such a rich musical experience...
...notes TIME Wall Street Columnist Daniel Kadlec: "The tobacco industry knows it could pay for this entire settlement by just increasing prices. It wouldn't affect their current operations at all. It would finally give them immunity to lawsuits, and stocks will soar." In fact, the news received a warm reception on Wall Street, with Philip Morris up 4 1/4 and RJ Reynolds up 3 1/4. Still, a number of of possibly insurmountable hurdles remain. For one thing, any deal that would shield cigarette companies from future litigation would require an act of Congress. Tobacco firms and plaintiffs also reportedly...