Word: outer
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Although only two per cent of the sun will be visible in Cambridge on March 7, this sliver will effectively block out the scientifically interesting portion of the sun, the outer corona. Therefore, in order to perform several experiments which require a total eclipse, scientists from around the world will be convening in southern Mexico...
...Professor of Practical Astronomy and former director of the Harvard College Observatory, will set up camp in Miahautlan, an Indian village south of Oaxaca. This will be Menzel's 13th eclipse. "The sun has been my specialty, and there is still no better method of observing the sun's outer corona than by watching an actual eclipse," he said...
Finally we were given numbered passes and led to the twenty-third floor. In order we were assigned seats in the outer part of the courtroom, and given further instructions concerning conduct at the trial. We were again cautioned against sleeping. Other illegal actions included laughing, talking, and leaning forward in our seats. We were finally given free access to the restrooms and cafeteria facilities, but were warned to return within twenty minutes or lose our place in line...
...Whittier, a part of metropolitan Los Angeles, the once sweet air is befouled with carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, lead compounds, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, fly ash, asbestos particulates and countless other noxious substances. The Apollo 10 astronauts could see Los Angeles as a cancerous smudge from 25,000 miles in outer space. Airline pilots say that whisky-brown miasmas, visible from 70 miles, shroud almost every U.S. city, including remote towns like Missoula in Montana's "big sky" country. What most Americans now breathe is closer to ambient filth than...
...Harrison plans to "outer the Elis" shuffle offense with a combination man-to-man zone defense in an effort to break up Yale's patterns and bottle up Morgan at the same time...