Word: developing
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...stage in regional arms races is approaching. One reason Western governments are determined to deal with the threat from Iraq is that Saddam Hussein is only a few years away from developing nuclear weapons and accurate medium-range missiles to deliver them. The British TV network Channel 4 reported last week that Baghdad may have discovered uranium in northeastern Iraq and may already be operating an enrichment plant there. If the report is true, Saddam is poised to develop a nuclear weapon sooner than most experts have predicted...
Precisely. Wynton's musicianship, already on a world-class technical level when he first hit New York, has continued to develop and mature. Though his early influences -- Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard and pre-fusion Miles Davis -- are still discernible in his playing, he is increasingly forging his own sound. Since leaving Blakey to form his own band in 1981, he has released a total of 12 jazz albums, and he has enough material in the can to fill eight or 10 more. On the classical side, he has done five recordings, and is now working on a baroque album with...
Just what that future will sound like is hard to say. "Maybe people will develop new voices again," muses guitarist Howard Alden. "But with the knowledge of the traditional background, it will have more depth." Saxophonist David Sanborn, 45, a top-selling fusion artist, thinks that many of the current acoustic players may start experimenting with more high-tech sounds. RCA's Backer foresees an eclectic middle ground. Says he: "The significant artists of Wynton's tradition will continue to be important in the '90s, but they will coexist alongside more probing, experimental artists...
...situation does not look so bleak. The Hubble blunder is a serious setback, but NASA engineers have found ways to computer-enhance the telescope's images so that they are not as blurry as the first ones received. More important, in the 12 years it took to develop and launch the Hubble, the technology of ground-based telescopes has rapidly improved. In fact, techniques under development could enable earthbound telescopes to do many things the Hubble was supposed...
After the members report on their research, the group as a whole will discuss the issue until it can develop an interdisciplinary synthesis of ideas to solve the problem. Chao said Synergy plans to publish both the statements from the disciplines and the final synthesis in their journal, which will be distributed free to the Harvard community...