Word: hollowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...using a standard bicycle chain to transmit pedal power to the 11-ft. propeller. In addition, Aeronautical Engineer Mark Drela designed an extra-thin wing that provides 30% more aerodynamic lift than stumpier conventional wings. The team chose a strong, lightweight graphite compound to mold the plane's hollow, dime-thick spine...
...want to say something about the spoken word. The best speaker I heard in my life was Reinhold Niebuhr, the American theologian and philosopher. I first heard him at Friends' House, London, in July 1946. He spoke for an hour without notes, and he had us in the hollow of his hand. One of his themes was the potential goodness of individual man, and the potential wickedness of collective man. An individual man could become a saint, but collective man was a tough proposition. He broke the flow of his talk only once, and that...
...people own 90 percent of all stock, 88 percent of all bonds, and 95.4 percent of all trusts. At the same time, the amount of revenue brought in from corporate and income taxes on the top incomes has actually dropped. America's poorest have missed out on the hollow prosperity of the 1980s...
...there wasn't any demand in the U.S.," says Colombian Justice Minister Enrique Low Murtra, "it wouldn't be grown and produced here." U.S. officials counter that it is illegal production that gives rise to consumption. But such finger pointing, satisfying as it might be, is increasingly hollow. While the U.S. is without question the world's biggest market for narcotics, some of the drug-exporting countries are developing a taste for the goods. In Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, consumption of basuco, a low-quality coca derivative, has reached levels that frighten health experts...
...These breakups are the worst," he said, chomping on an apple. "A rushed goodbye after being together so long: How do you do it?" The U.S. hockey team finished seventh and was even jeered by International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who roller-skates a little. "I feel hollow," Richter admitted, "but I'll remember the quality of the competition too, and the nod I got once from the Soviet goaltender Evgeni Belocheikine, going into the cafeteria. It was pretty nice. I liked...