BAN KI-MOON, the incoming secretary general of the United Nations, got his new job in an unlikely manner for a man known for head-of-the-class performance, devotion to duty and a relentless rise through the ranks.
Because of the significant effect of the non-uniform inflow induced by the channel head on the performance of the pump, understanding the underlying mechanism is of importance in improving the design of the reactor coolant pump.
Jo Robertson is the head of the performance faculty at The Deepings School.
Three busts had been made from a scan of the head of the performance artist Marina Abramović, her eyes closed in willed ecstasy.
You have a reel in your head of the performance you're conducting, and every once in a while what you're seeing doesn't match your reel.
"They bounce higher and fly quicker," says Mark Taylor, head coach of the performance academy at Nottingham. "Players will have their racquets strung slightly tighter to try to get more control of the ball".
In this study, the influence of the head geometry on the performance of this type of probes is addressed, especially in the extended regions of the angular range, previously unconsidered in the literature.
The energy conversion device and accompanying system were based on an integrated driver head with the performance of a high-frequency, picoliter drop inkjet.
He recalled the two of them heading to a performance of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London with their wives, shortly after it opened.
During World War II, he worked in industry for the Manhattan Project, first as a mathematician for the Signal Corps Radar Laboratory in Belmar, New Jersey; then in New York City on the design of an isotope diffusion plant; and finally, as head of the separation performance group at Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Mr. Blair used today's session -- a twice-yearly appearance before a panel of committee heads reviewing the performance of his government -- to strike back.
