Word: cannoned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leslie Riley Cannon Cincinnati
...After the doomed rescue attempt, Lee and the other hostages were removed from the embassy compound and taken from jail to jail. He also spent some time in solitary confinement and had not been outdoors since last June. Lee's summation was terse and chilling: "I was just cannon fodder to them, just another body...
...Robert Cannon, president of an electrical workers local that represents many Westinghouse workers in New Jersey, accepts that reasoning. "Frankly, I welcome it," he says. "If we can bring in a robot here to do, say, the painting that a man does for $7, then we can move him to another job at $7.50 an hour. We say, 'Train our people for the skilled jobs that are in today's market...
Ever since the city fathers of Florence ordered up brass cannon and iron balls in 1326 to defend themselves against the city of Lucca, in the first recorded use of explosive-powered metal artillery, gunsmiths have been trying to perfect their weapons. Guns have improved over the centuries-in range, accuracy and deadliness-but their firepower has always depended on the rapid expansion of exploding gases down a tube, which pushes the bullet forward. The maximum speed such gases-and thus the gun's projectile too -can reach is severely constrained. None of the particles in the gases...
...Solid Civil Servant. In a city where everyone and his brother are cast in bronze, the federal employee requires no such memorial. He is more immovable than any statue, and he needs no horse or cannon for protection. He is also substantially protected from inflation and old age. And he is close to being recession-proof, living blissfully in what former Attorney General Griffin Bell calls "the land of the lotus eaters." Including the 9.1% pay raise that took effect in October, the average annual salary for federal white-collar employees is $23,000 in the capital area. Federal pensions...