Word: bechtol
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...teens' opportunities are grim because their little Northwestern town is dying from the loss of the nuclear industry, and they grow depressed because they could all die from the toxic waste left behind. The only light of hope for Tyler reflects from the glass skyscrapers of the huge Bechtol corporation in Seattle, where he wants to work...
Tyler's is a world where the length a car trip is measured by the number of songs that pass on the radio. His role model is Mr. Frank E. Miller of the Bechtol Corporation, an Iacocca prototype who has published an autobiography. Tyler's sources of pride include his Comfortmobile(a black Nissan) and his sleek, high-tech bedroom, which he dubs the Modernarium...
...space-age adaptation of an operating room. The entire area around the operating table was covered with a plastic "greenhouse," into which ultra-filtered air flowed from above, fast enough to change the air completely ten times a minute. Within it, three surgeons, Doctors John Toma, Charles Bechtol and Charles Hutter, were dressed in space suits with helmets, like those worn by astronauts on the moon. The scrub nurse, who handles sterile instruments, was similarly attired. Their patient was Margaret Fales, 59, a credit manager, who had been so crippled that walking was unbearably painful. By last week Miss Fales...
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