Word: crafted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just passively watch television as they do now, but will have an opportunity to "talk back" and participate in quiz shows, order pizza with the TV remote control and pick which news stories they want covered in depth. That requires expertise in switched, or two-way, service, a craft practically invented by the phone companies. GTE's Cerritos cable system offers interactive exchanges between one teacher and students in six different classrooms at two different schools at the same time...
...doubters remain, their ranks dwindled last week. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, along with scientists from several institutions, announced startling findings from atmospheric studies done by a modified spyplane and an orbiting satellite. As the two craft crossed the northern skies last month, they discovered record-high concentrations of chlorine monoxide (ClO), a chemical by-product of the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) known to be the chief agents of ozone destruction...
...competition dancing, each couple is evaluated by three professional judges, who award the dancers three to five points, with a maximum score of 15. Criteria include floor craft, musical interpretation and rhythm, in addition to presentation matters such as posture and grooming...
...where whispers persisted that East Bloc judges favored East Bloc athletes and Western judges Western? In the end, though, as soon as the champions took the ice, all such issues became irrelevant: what held the world spellbound was an age-old contest of coquetry against industry, art against craft, style, in a sense, against sincerity...
Sorting through the debris of terrorist bombings like that of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 259 passengers, investigators found that while the blast blew a hole in the plane's fuselage, the breakup of the aircraft was caused by cracks that allowed the craft's skin to peel away. The theoretical answer: use materials that prevent cracks from forming, and the plane's structural , integrity will be maintained to allow for a safe landing. The B-52 bombings will help determine how much force will punch a hole in an airliner's skin...