Word: zooms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Perseus photographs--between about 40 and 60 computer-scanned pictures of each work--show the piece from various angles. Each file includes perspectives otherwise inaccessible to the viewer, like shots from beneath; the database also includes zoom-in shots of astounding clarity...
LASER TRAPS. Beams of laser light can also be used to ensnare groups of atoms, which can then be moved around at will. But because atoms at room temperature zoom about at supersonic speed, they first have to be slowed down. In 1985 the invention of "optical molasses" by a research team at AT&T Bell Laboratories provided an ingenious solution to the problem. As its name implies, optical molasses uses light to create enough electromagnetic "drag" to bring wildly careering atoms to a screeching halt. Because the atoms lose virtually all their kinetic energy, they approach the perfect stillness...
...spas are a lot easier on the pocketbook than the residential variety, where prices can zoom to more than $3,500 for a week's stay. Day-spa regimens can start as low as $35 for a 40-minute facial or head toward the $100-plus range for a massage or cleansing treatment. At the Burke Williams urban spa in West Los Angeles, attendants smooth on plant and flower oils, each with its own purpose: some stimulate fatigued muscles; others soothe them. While classical music plays softly, clients are pummeled into tranquillity with a deep-tissue sports massage, followed...
...shooting session is in progress, surrender his privacy now? "To break down the monolith I've built," he says. "I'm afraid to go anywhere, even the seedy diner in the nearest little crossroads town. I'm convinced the serious trackers are moving in with their mobile phones and zoom lenses...
...county search-and- rescue mission. His steady marksmanship enabled him to bag a four-point buck, whose weathered rack sits on a fence beside his house. Around town, folks knew Thom was coming when they saw "Baby Huey," a battered green-and- rust 1972 GMC pickup. He would zoom through mud puddles in it, yelling at friends, "Just like a Jeep commercial...