Word: ferrous
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...long and meticulous search, Fisher's salvaging team used the most advanced underwater detection machinery available. Side-scanning sonar, similar to the type used in finding the black boxes of the Air-India crash, provided a detailed chart of the ocean floor. A high-speed magnetometer located the ferrous metals commonly found in old cannons, muskets and ship fittings. The crew also employed a method that Fisher devised for scouring the ocean bottom: huge pipes are placed at a salvage ship's stern near the propellers, which drive jets of water through the cylinders, helping to uncover buried objects under...
...importance of the investment is finally dawning on China's threadbare state-owned enterprises. At CEIBS, nearly half the executive M.B.A. students are funded by state firms like China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry and China Eastern Airlines. The very notion of such specialized training is something of a social revolution. In the past, managers at state enterprises worked their way up the factory line to an office after a couple decades of dedicated but not necessarily distinguished service. "I have committed 13 years to my company," says Hou Yunfu, 35, an engineer whose ceibs tuition is paid by China National...