Word: foamed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look like the kind of industrial-strength ear protection worn by airport baggage handlers. But these are no ordinary earmuffs. They are high-tech earphones designed for pilots of small jets and other light (and noisy) aircraft. Rather than soften the drumming engine noise with thick layers of plastic foam, the earphones eliminate it electronically. A tiny microphone samples sound waves at the wearer's ear, processes them through special circuitry and broadcasts countertones that cancel the offending sounds in midair. Result: silence, or something close...
Many passengers said the scariest moments came after the landing, as fire equipment sprayed the plane with foam, and they rushed to slide down emergency chutes...
...Suddenly you were on the runway with foam on your face and on your back," she said, adding that she probably would take the train back to New York...
...rebury the remains and proceed with construction; future generations could re-excavate the ruins when the new buildings are knocked down. That is exactly what developers have decided to do at Huggin Hill. Stacks of tiles from the 2,000-year-old central- heating system will be covered with foam and wood before the whole site is filled in with sand; a planned two-story basement will be built at another location so that only a small section of a Roman retaining wall will need to be destroyed. Developers of the Rose site have also proposed re-covering the remains...
...Canadian paper manufacturer, are setting up a recycling operation that will include several large plants. Next month Mobil and GENPAK, a food-packaging manufacturer in Glens Falls, N.Y., will inaugurate the first recycling plant in the U.S. that will handle fast-food containers and other products made of polystyrene foam. The firms will transform the plastic into pea-size pellets that can be used in wall insulation and industrial packaging...