Word: waved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hold on the fundamentals of nuclear physics. He describes the first millisecond of the atomic age in New Mexico with eerie precision: "The firing circuit closed; the X-unit discharged; the detonators at 32 detonation points simultaneously fired; they ignited the outer lens shells of Composition B; the detonation waves separately bulged, encountered inclusions of Baratol, slowed, curved, turned inside out, merged to a common inward-driving sphere; the spherical detonation wave crossed into the second shell of solid fast Composition B and accelerated; hit the wall of dense uranium tamper and became a shock wave and squeezed, liquefying, moving...
...down with the Millennium Club and all its partners in crime! Far from having lunch there, let us march against it and wave our banners before its marble portals. Down with all discrimination! Equality for all! We demand justice...
...Swaggart phenomenon is part of a wave of Protestant expansion across the traditionally Roman Catholic region. According to Brazil's Ecumenical News Agency, Latin American Protestants have increased in number from 12 million to 30 million since 1978. Most of them have joined Evangelical and Pentecostal groups rather than such older mainline denominations as the Presbyterians and Methodists. In El Salvador, Protestants claim 800,000 worshipers, more than double the number in 1980; in Costa Rica, they have increased by one-fifth, to 330,000, since...
...College yesterday gave the final approval for the Student Production Association's (SPA) plan to invite English new wave star Elvis Costello on a trip across the Atlantic for a one-night appearance at Harvard...
...repugnant. Nonetheless, I believe that we are, at this point . . . too far along with the Iranians to risk turning back now. If we do not at least make one more try at this point, we stand a good chance of condemning some or all to death and a renewed wave of Islamic Jihad terrorism. While the risks of proceeding are significant, the risks of not trying one last time are even greater." North often displayed a kind of psychological brinkmanship in his memos, hinting that the hostages might be killed if the U.S. did nothing...