Word: yes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Theoretically, yes. Right now, however, the Japanese decision to rely on superconductors has put them well behind the Germans in development. Reason: commercially feasible superconductors can now be used only at extremely low temperatures. The Japanese magnets must be chilled to -452 degrees F before they achieve perfect conductivity. Turning the thermostat that low requires costly liquid helium and heavy compressors aboard the train to reliquefy the evaporating helium. The Japanese, who have poured $379 million of private and government funds into the maglev, have reached a speed of 323 m.p.h. on a 4.4- mile straight track at Miyazaki...
...Yes. You have to have a base in life. In my case, I'm a conservative: don't erode out the private sector, have the Federal Government stay contained but still responsive in certain areas. When I say I'll never apologize for America, I really believe that. And I believe that we are the most decent, fairest, most honorable country in the world. We've got to remain the strongest, and we have to be able to do a disproportionate amount for freedom around the world...
...characters. Some are confronted with familiar situations. The young woman in the title story learns the truth about her parents' marriage after her mother dies and her father's new wife tactfully but deliberately eliminates traces of her predecessor. The plot of The Skaters is complicated and, yes, Jamesian: a disinherited son is helped by his lawyer's wife, whose lover steals the original copy of the damaging will. Spencer is dispassionate about domestic morality but intensely curious about the things people do, the lies they live and the truths they hide. Her stories are graceful, solidly crafted and honest...
...Joycean scholars to understand what was going on inside Joyce's mind when he was writing his masterpiece? Will it inspire in Joyce's admirers a desire to go back and re-read all of his works and give them new meaning? In the words of Nora and Molly: Yes...
...uncertain pause. "Yes...