Word: weighing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...order to do this we had to run a computer simulation of the entire economy which takes a good deal of time," he explained. "In addition we had to weigh the political question of how large a tax base we want to use. Each time McGovern's political advisers made a change, we had to do a new simulation...
...Federal authorities to undermine the historic independence of the press by attempting to annex the journalistic profession as an investigative arm of government" is well taken. Unfortunately, the Court's decision creates an atmosphere in which the likelihood of a reporter being able to obtain information which could weigh on an investigation is slim indeed...
...supply. Familiar lead-acid storage batteries, while adequate as a supplemental source of electricity in conventional cars, suffer from what engineers call a "low energy density"; they need frequent recharging and deliver relatively little energy for their size and weight. Enough of them to power an electric car would weigh as much as an entire conventional automobile. Furthermore, there is little room for improvement; lead-acid batteries have already been developed close to their theoretical peak. Other batteries using different materials-nickel and cadmium, zinc and silver, or sodium and sulfur-have greater energy density, but they have...
...pasted on all packaged items. For example, Kroger crinkle-cut French fried potatoes, Code No. 010270280. The stickers can be put on at either the producer's plant or in the store. Coded tags for meat and fresh produce are affixed by the butchers or clerks who weigh them. At the checkout counter the cashier rapidly moves the code marks across an optical scanner. This relays the information to a computer, which is connected to a screen and a cash register. As the computer flashes the price of each item on the screen, it also rings up the cost...
...legends of Eastern Europe, the vampire took many horrendous forms, but south of the Rio Grande vampiro means just one thing: a tiny bat that sucks the blood of humans and animals and carries rabies, the deadliest of infectious diseases. Despite its minuscule proportions-an adult may weigh as little as one-half ounce and seldom more than 1½ ounces-the common vampire has made it economically impractical to raise cattle or horses in large areas from central Mexico to central Argentina. Efforts to destroy Desmodus rotundus by such crude methods as dynamiting or using flamethrowers in his cave...