Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cars are almost as vulnerable to theft as bikes. More than 3,300 cars were stolen in Cambridge last year. Even with the doors locked and the windows rolled up, it's easy to get into any car with a coat hanger, to force the ignition with a screw-driver and drive away within seconds. If a thief wants to get you, it's hard to keep him from succeeding. As one Cambridge police lieutenant says, "We haven't even started to touch the creative genius of these people. We try to think how to prevent a crime...
...crowded trailer in the forecourt of a garage. Recently, the branch moved into the cinder-block garage, which was remodeled and painted a psychedelic red, white and blue on the outside and yellow, lime and white inside. The bank's interest in students goes deeper than a fresh coat of paint. Since 1968 it has been offering what is probably the most comprehensive student loan program in the U.S. For example, at Coolidge, a graduate student, after a rigorous credit check, can get a $2,000 unsecured line of credit at a rate of 1% a month...
...Since he left the Navy in 1960, he has alternated between practicing law in New London, Conn., and working for Nixon. Skilled at negotiation, he is so self-confident that this week he is going ahead with a planned vacation in Connecticut, where he will give his house a coat of price-frozen paint...
...heaven." As "Dominion Ruler" of his Detroit-based Church of the Universal Triumph, Jones willingly accepted gifts from his black congregation. At his peak in the 1950s, Jones' inventory included a 54-room mansion, a gold-handled cane, a $17,000 diamond bracelet, a $12,900 white mink coat and several limousines...
...bright orange sports shirt was about to board TWA Flight 335 at New York's La Guardia Airport when something he was carrying tripped the airline's metal-detecting device. A TWA agent searched the man's hand luggage, asked him to open his coat and, finding nothing suspicious, allowed him to board the 727 jetliner bound for Chicago...