Word: foams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inspiration for, begged to leave outer space because of the glaring lack of apple juice. But as huge as apple juice was in the first five years of my life, I lost my way for over a decade and virtually abandoned the drink. But now, with the amber, foam topped glasses at my disposal for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I live in the midst of an apple juice revival. Also, my food choices also place me squarely in the kindergarten camp. Chicken fingers on the menu? Super-duper. And I could never cope in a world without peanut butter...
Originally trained as an engineer McMahon helped design a special springy running surface known as the "tuned" track in Harvard's Gordon indoor Track and Tennis Facility. According to Lewis, McMahon filmed runners running on various surfaces ranging from foam rubber to poured cement and then observed the mechanics of their motion...
While the cameras flashed and the crowd cheered, Jackson donned a blond wig and a bra made of two foam hamburgers topped with sparkling fake cheese slices--a reference to his "Pulp Fiction" role--to receive his Pudding...
...Sport Pen. She gushed with ink as liberally as my trusty fine-tipped Pilot Precise V7 Rolling Ball, but Rebecca offered me something new-an upgrade in styling, heft and refillability. She had everything I wanted. The pen came packaged in a space-age pod container with sound-proofing foam to cradle the instrument. Inside: a pen with an elegant, athletic look. A masterpiece of German engineering, the pen's blue plastic housing had a smooth sandpaper tactility. I thought I had found love at first write...
...switched to aerogel, an ultra-lightweight glass foam that's 99.8% air. It resembles nothing so much as solidified smoke. The aerogel is packed into a collector that resembles a circular ice-cube tray about a foot across. En route to Wild 2, one side will trap dust that's wafting in from beyond the solar system--another item of great interest to astronomers--and once there, it will flip to scoop up comet dust...