Word: zeroed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...January, the $250 million observatory, which was built jointly by the U.S. and The Netherlands, has completed four separate surveys of virtually the entire sky. During these sweeps, IRAS'S 22.4-in. mirror and electronic sensors, which are chilled by liquid helium to nearly 4° above absolute zero (-459.7° F) so that their own heat will not impede observations, picked up infrared emissions from more than 200,000 sources. Most of these celestial pinpoints are much too cool to have been recorded by conventional telescopes. Many are extremely dim young stars, just beginning to be stoked...
...talking about a clear example of the 'economics of unused capacity'," he said. "Extension classes are taught in regular university buildings which stay open whether or not evening classes are scheduled." The additional physical overhead costs to the University are close to zero, he added...
...line of athletic shoes created by Giorgetto Giugiaro, an Italian industrial designer whose products range from cigarette lighters to cars. Meanwhile, like a runner intent on the distance left to cover, Vitale is looking ahead to increased business in the U.S. "For me, this is the year zero," he says. "Everything we've done before was nothing. Now we take...
...game, entitled "Firebreaks," is intended to teach players how quickly a nuclear war might develop, Patricia Campbell, a Ground Zero official, said yesterday...
...said "Firebreaks" was a term coined by the Ground Zero staff to denote any measures that could restrict the possibility of nuclear war. Actions in the game emphasize those options, she added...