Word: zeroed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...move at thousands of miles an hour--far too fast for scientists to get a good look at them. Chu and Phillips, of the U.S., and Cohen-Tannoudji, of France, were cited for developing new ways to slow down and "freeze" atoms at temperatures near absolute zero with blasts of laser light, giving researchers the opportunity for more detailed studies...
...American publishing circles, adjectives like "controversial" and "thought-provoking" are compliments, especially when they refer to the works of a foreign novelist forced to self-publish, or to tell her story abroad. In Singapore, when the same adjectives are affixed to a manuscript, its chances of publication are zero to none...
Hillary has learned the perverse Washington lesson that a First Lady succeeds in public at her husband's peril. Presidential power being a zero-sum equation, it was impossible for her to look strong without the President's looking weak. She learned the hard way what First Ladies before her had assumed: that her influence was better felt than seen. So late in 1994 she vanished from the West Wing. She sent her chief of staff at the time, Maggie Williams, to meetings. If she needed to make a point, she did it one on one with such trusted aides...
There are the numbers: a record 879 victories in 36 years at North Carolina, a 97% graduation rate for his players, 30 All-Americans, 27 consecutive 20-win seasons, 11 Final Fours, only three ejections, the one and only Michael Jordan and zero NCAA violations...
...years--seeing my closest friend [photographer] Robert Mapplethorpe unfortunately contract AIDS in the prime of his life. He did everything he possibly could to beat his card. But he worked right to the end, and whenever I feel like life got a little tough on me, I always zero in on him or others who cherished their life force and fought to keep it. They did die young, and I find it my duty either to continue to tell people about them or to honor them in my work. People who do good work have a certain glow; for instance...