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Word: liquidity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both stores charge $4.39 for Smith-Corona typwriter ribbons, but Store 24 charges 30 cents less for "Liquid Paper" than Christy's does...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Flooding the Late-Night Munchie Market | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...passerby, skeptical of those glowing liquid bands being sold last night outside The Stadium, asked if they might be harmful--cause cancer or something. But the street vendor defended his product. "They're okay," he said, "I'll drink one if you want...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Reporter's Notebook: Food, Glorious Food | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...believe each glacier has a distinct personality and rhythm. Says Will Harrison at the University of Alaska: "Glaciers are delicate and individual things, like humans. Instability is built into them." Harrison and other experts emphasize the influence of what they call the "plumbing" -- the movement, retention and loss of liquid water within and under the ice that acts as a lubricant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Alaska's Speeding Glacier | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...result of 38 degrees temperatures, which weakened an O ring, one of a pair of synthetic-rubber washers that keep hot gases from squirting through tiny gaps in the joint between sections of the solid-fuel rocket. When the O ring failed, escaping gas cut into the shuttle's liquid-fuel booster like a blowtorch and triggered a massive explosion. The modified design, said Thomas, will make a repeat catastrophe virtually impossible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Brighter Future for Nasa? | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

Investigators say the accident occurred when ajoint in a solid rocket booster failed and causedsuperheated gases to burn through the externalfuel tank containing liquid hydrogen and liquidoxygen, triggering the explosion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NASA Crew Was Aware Of Problem | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

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