Word: coppers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economy that is already on the verge of collapse. While the nation labors under a $27 billion foreign debt that is still rising, national income is expected to fall by 15% this year. The statistics for the first half of 1981 are grim: coal output fell by 22%; copper, 11%; refined oil, 19%; animal feed, 14%; cattle herds, 7%; swine herds, 13%; exports to the West, 21.5%. Says John Hardt, an economist for the Congressional Research Service: "The Polish economy is 'growing' negatively at a rate that is unprecedented in peacetime. It's a wartime economy...
...Last week Sony Chairman Akio Morita, 60, showed off his latest marvel: the Mavica, a still camera that looks and feels like a conventional 35-mm camera but takes color pictures without film. Morita grandly called the camera the greatest innovation in photography since Louis Daguerre invented the silvered copper plate print...
...realistic in closeups. Ever the perfectionist, however, Coppola wanted not only blood but bullet holes. Smith covered the actor's real skin with a false latex skin, putting both blood and tiny explosive discs in the space between. On cue the discs were detonated by means of copper wires, creating an authentic-looking bullet hole through which blood would pour...
...Philippines is still reeling from the dual blows of sharply rising oil prices in 1979-80 and plunging prices for its major exports of coconut oil, copper concentrate, sugar and lumber. Growth has been declining. It was 4.7% last year, and it will trail off to 4% this year. Meanwhile, the country's external debt has reached $14 billion and has recently been increasing by $300 million a month...
...generally regarded as rather tacky. Now, however, the fashion industry has struck a mother lode in a new sort of metallics. The season's liveliest accessories-belts, buckles, totes, handbags, scarves, T shirts, sandals, shoes and hats-are flashing and gleaming with finishes of gold, silver, bronze, copper, pewter and even anthracite. Nor does the style show any signs of fading with the summer. In fashion salons from Paris to New York City, designers are practicing an alchemy that promises a dazzling fall collection not only of metallic accessories but of metallic tops, jumpsuits, jackets, sweaters, skirts and boots...