Word: arrays
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...have still to be confirmed, but when they are, they will culminate one of the richest periods of discovery in the history of science. They will also justify the confidence physicists have placed in the so-called Standard Model, a powerful theoretical edifice that has reduced a once bewildering array of subatomic particles to just a few fundamental constituents. These include three pairs of light particles known as leptons, of which the negatively charged electron and chargeless neutrino are the most familiar, and three pairs of heavier particles known by the whimsical name of quarks. "Up" and "down" quarks combine...
...King seems practically unstoppable. New novels appear with almost supernatural speed, take a choke hold on the best-seller lists, and are transformed into movies that typically make a quick blitz at the box office before settling into a long, lucrative life on the video shelves. For an impressive array of filmmakers, from Brian De Palma to Rob Reiner, King has made an ideal collaborator: he provides the sprawling, imaginative raw material; they bring the cinematic compression and sometimes (as in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining) the resonance...
...pass. The nephew of the late leader, regent Kunzig Shamar, had long % jousted for power with his colleagues. Shamar announced that the letter from his uncle was a forgery. At a meeting in Rumtek to resolve the matter, he arrived accompanied by a squadron of Indian guards in military array. Several people were injured in the ensuing riot...
...Mahony and Mr. Marx bring to this multitude of tasks an array of professional skills, knowledge, tact and, most importantly, sound judgment...
...fashion shows in New York City last week produced little good news, but Calvin Klein could, as always, be counted on to unveil something appealing. For next fall he showed an array of suits and separates quite in keeping with the clean-lined, tasteful clothes he has made for the past 25 years. Klein's importance to American fashion is unsurpassed, and even those who don't buy his clothes certainly know his name. Years of suggestive marketing campaigns -- from Brooke Shields admitting that nothing came between her and her Calvins to Marky Mark pitching Calvin Klein underwear -- have seen...