Word: chested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corporate accounts. In addition, the company has a 2,600-strong force of part-time saleswomen, mostly middle-aged, who troop from door to door, hawking stocks and bonds. This corps was established 30 years ago, when the company sought to spur personal investment by distributing savings chests to Japanese households. The local saleswoman held the keys to savers' chests. Each month she came by to empty the chest and place the money in the customer's Nomura account. The company gave out more than 1 million chests before the gimmick was retired...
...Amazing, isn't it?" says the producer, as she listens to Jackson's speech. "You can feel it right here," and she thumps her chest. It turns out that their instincts are correct: Jackson moves to exit on the right. As he passes, Bradley gets in the first question. Both Bradley and Zirinsky are jubilant. "After you get off the floor," says Zirinsky, "it's hours before you can come down." Holly Hunter couldn't have said it better...
...most advanced simulators use tactile cues to take the illusion one step further. In Honeywell's F-18 fighter simulator, the strap-in harness pulls back on the trainee's chest when the jet slows down. Similar controls regulate the pilot's G suit, rushing air into pockets in the legs and abdomen to mimic the circulatory effects that accompany supersonic flight. Even the cockpit seat contributes to the illusion; the cushion contains seven air bladders that are pressurized or depressurized according to the flight maneuver...
...Saudi Arabia's strategy, says G. Henry Schuler, an energy specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Schuler points out that in 1987, when oil sold for $20 per bbl., Riyadh increased its production to drive down the price and deprive Iran of its war chest. "But once the war is over, then the Saudis don't have any reason to keep prices down," he says. Schuler's prediction: oil could jump to $22 to $24 per bbl. in a year...
...Wherever you are tonight you can make it," Jackson said. "Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes. Don't surrender. Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. In the end faith will not disappoint...