Word: coulds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...future looks oddly familiar. The purloined photos include shots of a two-door coupe that resembles Chevrolet's 1989 Geo Storm, as well as pictures of a four-door sedan that Automobile Magazine said "could fit right into Oldsmobile's lineup." The magazine added that Saturn's mechanical features, also leaked from within GM, were not "particularly innovative." With advance notices like that, GM might do well to devote as much energy to Saturn's continued improvement as to the search for the culprit who leaked its photos...
...Christopher Duvall, who was chief test engineer at Scott Aviation from 1983 until 1985, has told naval investigators the company tested the device in a way that would not properly measure its ability to protect the wearer. Since human tests of the device could not involve actual toxic gases, the Navy called for testing with salt or vegetable-oil aerosols. Duvall says the company knew the device could scrub out those relatively large particles but not the much smaller molecules of poisonous gases. Scott Aviation did not point this out to the Navy. According to Duvall, when more meaningful tests...
...coffee for health reasons got a nasty jolt last week. At a meeting of the American Heart Association, Stanford researchers reported a study of 181 middle-aged men showing that among those who exchanged decaffeinated for regular coffee, levels of harmful LDL cholesterol rose an average of 7%. That could increase the risk of heart attack an estimated...
...INTIMATE WORLD OF ALEXANDER CALDER, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York City. A delightful demonstration that for family and friends the sculptor could make practically anything out of anything. Through March...
...boldness of the assault suggests that the rebels were intent on disproving the government's claims that the F.M.L.N. is a spent military force. It served warning that the government could look forward to more bloodshed and violence if the guerrillas' demands are not treated seriously...