Word: flipness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Come again? World War II Army generals would flip in their graves if they could see what has become of the trusty little truck commissioned for $740 apiece in 1941. Who could have foreseen that the military's drab workhorse, the general purpose vehicle -- jeep, for short -- would be reborn 40 years later in electric colors as Cherokees, Broncos, Renegades, Blazers and Samurais and used to cart fashion victims and C.P.A.s up the ramps of suburban parking structures...
Meanwhile, the toll rises. ATVs, which critics contend can flip over on rugged terrain, account for an estimated 20 deaths a month. Manufacturers, which include Honda and Yamaha, maintain that ATVs are safe if ridden properly...
...flip side of novelty, the St. Louis Cardinals of Musial, Medwick, Marion and Martin, of Gibson and Brock, lately of Whitey Herzog and Ozzie Smith, are back in the play-offs for the second time in three years and the third in six. The Mets may do most of the talking (and publishing), but the Cardinals clearly do most of the winning, and outdrew New York to boot, 3 million plus a little to 3 million plus less. "If we win, just say we win, that's all we ask," says Smith, who remains galled by last year's champions...
Last week Specter, Johnston and several other Senators cited Bork's flip- flops as a major reason for their opposition. "Here is a brilliant scholar going through the agony of public hearings and public scrutiny," said Democrat David Pryor of Arkansas, as he announced his intention to vote against Bork. "And yet we don't know him any better now than we did months ago. I would even submit . . . that he does not know himself...
...days of "Pneumatic Conveying for Bulk Solids." A company called the 1st Seminar Service lists 100,000 such seminars annually around the country. By its estimate, corporations send 8 million people a year for outside training, and think it is worth paying about $4 billion. The rustling sound of flip charts in action runs like a breeze through the cornfields from coast to coast...