Word: winded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...step up the speed of the fastest machines. One Government project that has a special need for supercomputing power is the national aerospace plane, a high-altitude aircraft intended to carry military and civilian cargo at up to 25 times the speed of sound. Since there are no wind tunnels capable of simulating such blistering airspeeds, the hypersonic plane will have to be tested on supercomputers, ideally on machines many times as powerful as existing models. Presidential Science Adviser William Graham has recommended that Congress appropriate an additional $1.7 billion to support the development of parallel-processing supercomputers that...
...fashioned ski vacation. Celebrate the advent of spring with a week more of winter! There is still snow on the mountains and refreshments in the lodge, although things sometimes go wrong. Inevitably, one novice, influenced either by egotism or contraband stimulants, will attempt a black diamond trail and wind up as a permanent part of the mountain...
...second half, with the wind at their backs, the Crusaders began to play Harvard more evenly. And then, finally, after a long, sustained drive, Holy Cross scored an easy try after a Crimson penalty...
First, responsible criticism knocks the wind out of irresponsible criticism, especially those who liken Israeli soldiers shooting back at rock-throwing Palestinians to Nazis in extermination camps. Martin Peretz, editor in chief of the New Republic, suggests that those who wield corrupt analogies of Jews to Nazis seek to expel the Holocaust from memory by diminishing its significance. That alone would justify our straight talk...
Bowling Green 1, Vermont 0 The Vermont bus gets lost on the way to Ohio. The Cats wind up at a bowling alley. Ian Boyce and Kyle McDonough roll perfect games. Meanwhile, the Falcons win by forfeit...