They concluded that the black drop results from blurring of the image (whether from Earth's atmosphere, or inevitable imperfections of the telescope) combined with the way that the disc of the sun fades in brightness towards its rim.
The 23% Black Monday drop in 1987 left a divot that was quickly filled in.
There is also historical research to be done: for instance, what causes that meddlesome black-drop effect?
Jeff Bauman, who survived but lost both legs, saw the man in the black cap drop his bag.
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This was because they saw the black-drop effect in a transit of Mercury, a planet that has no atmosphere.
But that would be controversial, and probably unsuccessful, given that many black pupils already drop out.
The 23% drop on Black Monday in 1987 left a divot that was quickly filled in.
The proportion of black male students who drop out before graduation is also higher than average.
The first time you do it, you might be surprised that a black helicopter does not drop off a team of IRS commandos who start pillaging your office supplies.
At Chanel, the models sported exaggerated, teased mohawks and severe black eyeliner, though their drop-waist tweed shifts and embroidered cocktail dresses were utterly ladylike.
And his latest book called The Best of Worlds is set in Barcelona, but in a way he merely uses Barcelona as a kind of back drop for the black humour which has made him famous.
It was loneliness that had led him to seek a conversation on a restaurant patio long past the lunch hour, as it was loneliness that had made her empty the refrigerator in the cottage and pack her belongings into five mega-sized black plastic garbage bags and drop them outside a Goodwill early one morning.
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Though most simply remember the 1987 Crash as one panicked selling day, Black Monday was just the largest drop in a string of bad days.
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"These are the lowest head coach diversity numbers the league has seen since 2003, when the Rooney Rule was just implemented, " wrote Harry Carson, the Fritz Pollard Alliance's executive director, in a letter to NFL officials regarding the drop from six to four black head coaches in the league after this past regular season.
Just drop me into one of those black plastic bags and leave me by the trash can.
But the Dow industrials stormed back from a more than 82-point drop to trade firmly in the black, staging their biggest swing from negative to positive territory in nearly six months.
But a critic who points out that this so-called culture is defeatist and damaging because it leads to high drop-out rates, record black-on-black murder statistics and a record number of out-of-wedlock births is dismissed as a prude and a censor.
According to the mayor, Black Hawk helicopters were scheduled to pick up and drop massive 3, 000-pound sandbags in the 17th Street Canal breach, but were diverted on rescue missions.
Perhaps Secretary Rice can swiftly exercise Henry Kissingeresque diplomacy and cleverly force Iran into a corner--with Europe, China and Russia ready to apply serious sanctions against these black-robed fascists if they don't drop their nuclear ambitions.
It's no secret that you and your loved ones will probably drop some serious coin this holiday season ( Black Friday in particular, we're sure), and while future repair costs may cross your mind, Consumer Reports recommends that you brush off that extended warranty those big box retailers will be shoving in your cart.
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And so it's creating this whole alternate way of having the one-drop rule because now people want to be classified as black.
When I said goodbye to my son at freshman drop-off day, I was thrown into a black despair over how much I'd miss him.
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Drop into any mall here in Joburg and you will see how quickly that black middle class is growing and thriving.
Mr. Black said that while it is common for host cities to see real-estate values drop once the games are over, London will be different.
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