The idea of using a magnetic field as a solar sail was first suggested a few years ago, but it soon became apparent that creating a field strong enough to be useful would require exotic superconducting materials that, unfortunately, do not exist.
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Some anecdotes from the field show strong evidence of literacy helping people and communities in Cambodia.
We've had a very strong field of candidates with men who have had some very impressive accomplishments.
It was a very strong field, but I got in a position to break through and win this race.
Police commissioner Christopher Salmon said it was a strong field of candidates who were put through a rigorous process.
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Third place in the 17-strong field, two and a half lengths away, was 9-1 chance Aqaleem, ridden by Richard Hills.
But Radcliffe insists the strong field will be good for her as she builds up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In an extremely strong field of candidates, Sir Paul stood out at every stage in a long and testing process.
Spain and Canada have been promoted from the promotional league, giving a nine-strong field in 2010, dropping to eight for 2011.
World number three Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and ninth-ranked Vijay Singh are also among the strong field.
In days gone by Chelsea could field two incredibly strong teams, but recent events show this is no longer the case.
Lleyton Hewitt and Tim Henman have been named in a strong field for the Stella Artois Championships in London next month.
The 35-strong field split into three groups with Blue Spinnaker leading on the far side and Diamond Max on the nearside rail.
The Desert Classic is the final tournament of a lucrative three-event "Gulf Swing", attracting a strong field as the Race to Dubai hots up.
They joined wrestlers from Cantabria in Spain, Friesland in the Netherlands, Scotland and Tunisia, as well as a host of competitors from all over Brittany in 138-strong field.
The House I Live In and Bully seemed to be shoo-ins for Oscar nominations, in what appeared to be a really strong field of contenders in 2012.
He wasn't the most accurate driver in a traditionally strong field with 38 out of 56 fairways hit from the tee in the tournament (67.9%, 15th best overall).
This year's Derby was noted for a particularly strong field.
With only nine players in the 54-strong field under par, the Ryder Cup trio of Paul Casey, Padraig Harrington and David Howell are firmly in contention on level par.
"A strong field, " veteran Westminster broadcaster David Frei said.
Dredge, though, was one of the ten in an 83-strong field that safely secured one of the sought-after qualification places to play Great Britain's golfing major at St Andrews, the home of golf, between 15-18 July.
Although there has not been a female winner of the Arc since Zarkava in 2008, this year's field features a strong filly contingent, including the favorite Sarafina and the fancied Galikova -- trained, appropriately, by one Freddy Head.
Usually around half of the 140-strong field at a tournament will be cut at the halfway stage, but Parnevik's 18th-hole miss meant that the weekend ranks were swelled to a number not seen since the 1981 Travelers Championship.
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And plenty of other signs exist that the Mets on-field product may soon be strong enough to generate the attendance and suite sales numbers the owners envisioned at Citi Field from the beginning.
For example, nobody knows where the moon's weak, erratic magnetic field came from: was the moon bombarded by magnetic meteors, or did it once have its own strong internal magnetic field that has decayed over time?
The ions can then be pulled out of the gas by a strong electric field.
For us, what we accomplished, with this strong international field, is more than standing on top of that podium.
With the course still soft and receptive to scoring only nine players from the 70-strong elite field were over par at the halfway mark.
The cloud of plasma carries with it a strong magnetic field.
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With preferred lies and soft conditions, scoring was low on a course with a fearsome reputation with only 10 players in the 70-strong elite field over par.
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