Word: handful
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...position at the time of the test should take about 200 millionths of a second longer than if it did not pass through the sun's gravitational field; that is because the signal's path would be curved, not straight. The Brans-Dicke theory, on the other hand, predicts less curvature and a slowdown of only 186 millionths of a second. While such bending has been measured before, the tests have never been accurate enough to make a firm case for either the Einstein or Brans-Dicke theory...
Despite the odds stacking up against him. Physicist Dicke was not yet ready to surrender. "If this were a poker game," he said, "I would be staying with my hand." If Einstein were still alive, however, he would certainly be ready to raise...
...completely unwarranted. It was carved of the fine-grained white Parian marble favored by Praxiteles, she explains, and the quality of workmanship, the late classical style and hairdo, the delicate folds in the neck, and the slightly larger-than-life dimensions all indicate that it came from the hand of the master...
...reasons for its popularity can be traced to the opening days of casting. Television puppeteers of genius can be counted on the fingers of Ernie's hand: Burr Tillstrom, who has his own NET series, Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Bil Baird, who operates a puppet theater in Greenwich Village and Jim Henson of Sesame Street. Fusing the best of puppets and marionettes, Henson coined the name and the creature, "Muppet." For six years, Henson's Muppets enjoyed a quiet, loyal following (including Joan Cooney) before they hit the big time on the Ed Sullivan Show. On the Street where they...
...That same afternoon, the New Orleans Saints' Tom Dempsey, who was born without a right hand and only half a right foot, upset the Detroit Lions 19-17 in the final two seconds with a field goal that traveled 63 yds., seven yards farther than the old record...