Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...planned to install in Western Europe 572 single-warhead Pershing II and Tomahawk cruise missiles to counter Soviet deployment of triple-warhead SS-20 missiles (about 270 in place then, more than 370 now) that were or could be targeted at Western Europe. The opening U.S. position was the "zero option": no U.S. deployment, scrapping of the entire Soviet SS-20 force. Later Reagan proposed an "interim solution": if the Soviets would reduce the number of SS-20s, the U.S. would deploy fewer than 572 missiles, but still match the remaining SS-20s warhead for warhead. Moscow offered varying reductions...
...L.A.O.O.C. last week proudly announced that stronger than expected ticket sales had helped produce a $150 million surplus, ten times the $15 million profit forecast last fall even before a Soviet-led boycott threatened the success of the Games. Quipped Committee President Peter Ueberroth: "We only missed by a zero...
...sometimes can repair the damage successfully. According to Beverly Freeman, executive director of Resolve, a national infertility-counseling organization, microsurgery can restore fertility in 70% of women with minor scarring around their tubes. But for those whose tubes are completely blocked, the chance of success ranges from 20% to zero. These women are the usual candidates for in-vitro fertilization...
...shape of various landmasses and buildings along the way. At selected points once the Tomahawk reached land, the radar system in its nose compared the actual terrain with the internal map; then the computer would periodically correct the missile's course. This constant readjustment enabled it to zero in precisely on target...
...they are not supposed to. Sometimes tests are run for no particular reason and turn up problems. The test lab has just completed a review of eight pieces of Sears luggage, plus 20 more from competitors, including Samsonite and American Tourister. The luggage was frozen to 20° below zero and then dropped two feet. Result: one of the Sears bags was rated "below grade...