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...warheads surrounded by a nebula of hurtling decoys and debris. In half an hour, this lethal ''threat cloud'' would be over the U.S., raining destruction on cities and military targets alike. Trying to stop this deluge would require enormous technological breakthroughs in at least four areas: sensors, lasers, particle beams and computer programming. Should such advances occur, SDI proponents argue, a reasonably effective Star Wars defense would reduce to virtually zero the number of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) getting through outer space to their targets. But critics respond that virtually zero is not enough when nuclear weapons are involved...
...headwear is still in style in 1957. As for Indy's bullwhip, it's still faster and deadlier than a bad guy's gun. In the opening Area 51 scene, he uses it to disarm about a quillion Russkies, and to swing in Errol Flynn style from one warehoused beam to another. (Mutt will later show the same swinging derring-do on Peruvian jungle vines.) As for the snakes, there's just one, but indy is readier to die in quicksand than to use it as a lifeline. The nifty new predators are South American red ants, which Spielberg...
...Laser beam intelligence is restricted to one context,” Hauser said at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting...
...course, young people are far from unanimous. "If we were electing someone on the basis of their ability to give great speeches, then Obama would be a great choice," says Jonathan Beam, 21, a political science major at Emory University. "But Hillary Clinton outshines the rest of the field with her experience, and I just don't think we can afford to let another candidate get on-the-job training." While you can find students who aren't voting for Obama, though, it's harder to find students who don't recognize his appeal. "A lot of my friends from...
...Victory is easy. You thank everyone. You beam. You kiss your spouse and ride the goddess momentum all the way to New Hampshire. But what happens if you didn?t actually win? If possible, you declare victory anyway. The most famous example of the "declare victory" strategy was Bill Clinton in the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Many forget that Paul Tsongas - the lethargic, fiscal conservative from Massachusetts - actually won the '92 New Hampshire primary by 9 percentage points. But it was Bill Clinton who after staring down the media over an alleged affair with Gennifer Flowers and questions about his draft...