Word: chattanooga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hilly precincts of Chattanooga these days, a lot of get-ahead people are doing combat against the peril of forward tongue carry. They are running through word lists, striving to keep their monosyllables crisp: "What kind of boy is George? Mean. Mean-mean-mean-mean-mean...
...unlikely stop for sightseers, but there they were: two carloads of serious-minded, dark-suited Japanese in a deserted parking lot in Chattanooga, Tenn. Each carrying a packed briefcase, the visitors gazed long and intently at the object of their interest: a rusted, run-down manufacturing plant as big as five football fields. The plant was obsolete and abandoned, but the Japanese were delighted by their discovery. Taking pains to conceal their satisfaction, they peered into the distance and busily scribbled in their notebooks. Later, after several trips back, they bought the forlorn plant. Today, after a $27 million investment...
...govern the organization. The notion of the Bakkers' making a comeback might seem incredible, but supportive mail has poured in to the Palm Springs retreat. Some Pentecostals think Bakker could try to set up a clone of Heritage USA in California, or an independent Charismatic congregation somewhere. Indeed, one Chattanooga, Tenn., TV station has already offered to help Bakker launch a new gospel show. Says the Rev. Tommy Barnett, of the flourishing (15,000-member) Phoenix First Assembly of God: "I know the man has his drive and dreams, and you just don't hold a man like that back...
...effort to make clear that he did not intend for U.S. ships to be in defenseless positions, the President announced that all vessels in the gulf were told to take a far more defensive posture. "From now on," he told a Chattanooga, Tenn., high school, "if aircraft approach any of our ships in a way that appears hostile, there is one order of battle: defend yourselves, defend American lives...
...companionship it brings. A birder can travel a thousand miles into the wilds of another state and find instant rapport with local birding fanatics, who are busy collecting new species, along with mosquito bites and ticks. "Camaraderie is what birding is all about," says Benton Basham, a Chattanooga, Tenn., anesthetist...