Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another barrier to sending robots to the planets is weight: every pound you launch into space is expensive. At nearly a ton, Dante II would break the bank. Whittaker is already thinking about lighter models, though. And while NASA's Lavery cautions that Dante II is still "far from any sort of flight opportunity," he acknowledges that much of the technology used aboard Dante II will probably find its way into future space missions. In fact, NASA wants to launch a robot explorer toward Mars as early as 1996. And a private company working with Carnegie Mellon scientists hopes...
...Farid Hossain had slipped past the official security detail. She shouted, "If he could come in, any killer can walk in!" Two months of fugitive life, in a hideout Nasrin has refused to identify, had taken a toll. During her confinement to a single room, she lost not only weight but all awareness of events in the outside world after the telephone was removed. "It was like living in a jail cell," she said. "I felt as if I was dying every moment...
...simply be unable to compensate for the disproportionate weight of his sound in this recording setup; the listener can detect the lightness of his touch on the keys, yet the sound itself resembles a Class 9 hurricane. One musical detail sticks out specifically :to those familiar with the Schumann Ax doesn't roll any of the chords in the exposition of the first movement's theme...
Postal workers blame their erratic delivery record on everything from bad weather to traffic problems. Postal Service spokesman Frank Brennan claims that most of America enjoys reliable service with "pockets of problems" in traffic-congested metropolitan areas. But excuses aren't likely to carry much weight. In an era of instant communication, of E-mail and faxes, consumers have no patience for lost letters...
...Weight and height can play a significant role in the transition from school to work. A study of more than 12,000 young Britons found that obese girls and short boys at age 16 earn far less than others when they reach age 23. The researchers were unable to determine if the cause was job discrimination or internal factors like low self-esteem...