Word: overshoot
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...m.p.h. "We're not sure we know how to build the appropriate heat shields," says Oberg. Also, at that speed, the astronauts would have a much smaller "window" for re-entering the atmosphere. "Come in too low, and you burn up," says Oberg. "Come in too high, and you overshoot. You miss the earth, and you'll never see it again." Other plans call for an unmanned cargo ship to precede the manned craft to Mars and for even higher velocities that would cut mission times down to a year...
...kind of hyper-austere, Ingmar Bergmann-style family where even thinking about the lower functions was a mortal sin--find it hard to deal with the decadent freedom of Harvard life. Unsure how to act, they try to behave they way they think everyone else does, and, invariably, they overshoot the mark. The result is otherwise innocuous-looking people leaning over at the dinner table and asking you to "pass the fucking salt...
...ovaries; sometimes too many eggs are eventually released. "The problem is, it's a very, very delicate balance how much of the stuff to use," says Allan Weingold, an obstetrician and gynecologist at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington. Even with careful monitoring, he says, "you can still overshoot the mark considerably...
...result of 007's reduced speed, or his own miscalculation, Pilot 805 begins to overshoot the jetliner. Ground control apparently orders the Su-15 to remain behind it. The pilot is forced to drop back, grumbling at the lateness of the command. "It should have been earlier," he complains. "How can I chase it? I'm already abeam of the target . . . Now I have to fall back from the target." He confirms the airliner's position: 70° to his left...
...expanding out of control, the Fed since midsummer has allowed money to grow at an annual rate that is now approaching 17%, just about three times the bank's own officially announced 1982 target growth rate. Though the Fed has sought to play down the significance of the overshoot, investors are concerned that the growth will eventually prove inflationary, provoking the Fed to tighten up, sending interest rates soaring...