Word: warmness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...missiles, aiming technology, and nuclear weapons--and then getting all of them to work. Even then, SDI could be easily thwarted. "Brilliant pebbles" might be able to bring down Soviet strategic missiles flying against the dark of space, but would have trouble tracking a low-flying missile against a warm, crowded earth--the very weapons Third World countries would use. The development of SDI technology also requires a computer the size of a cigarette pack, but with the power of a Cray supercomputer. Supposedly, all this will cost less than $1 million for each unit...
...radical. While it was able to run rings around the most powerful supercomputers by processing thousands of instructions simultaneously rather than one at a time, Hillis' machine required customized software. But with conventional supercomputers aging and unable to meet future demands, mainstream computer makers are starting to warm up to parallel computing. In perhaps the biggest endorsement yet, IBM last week formed a joint venture with Hillis' company, Thinking Machines, to incorporate parallel technology into Big Blue's line of large computers. The deal marks a major concession by Big Blue, which for years has tried to develop...
...final scenes of the play, director Sonya Rasminsky skillfully contrasts Laura's shyness with her mother's overbearing small talk. While Laura becomes ill at the thought of social interaction, Ma Wingfield rambles, "Light clothes an' light food are what warm weather calls fo'. You know our blood gets so thick during th' winter, it takes a while fo' us to adjust ou'selves...
...period is re- created precisely and dwelt on lovingly. In a sense, these shows are about the past -- a past, moreover, that most viewers personally remember (or, thanks to the media, think they remember). And though none of these eras are portrayed as totally idyllic, they give off a warm, comforting glow. Their problems seem more manageable when viewed in hindsight. We know how everything came...
...memories are equally warm and fuzzy in Homefront. In this postwar soap opera set in a small Ohio town, mothers greet their returning soldier boys with "your favorite pie" and chide their kids with quaint cliches like, "You move as slow as molasses in January." Not that there isn't trouble in this paradise. One veteran comes home to a sweetheart who has fallen in love with his brother. There are stirrings of race and sex discrimination as well. A black veteran applies for work at the local factory but is told the only opening is for a janitor...