Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Apollo 13 astronauts were "men of iron-strange, plasticized, half-communicating Americans," Mailer added. When they placed a metal U.S. flag on the moon's surface, he read, "patriotism, corporations, and national taste were all occupying the same head...
...aesthetically creative at the fair-a repeat of that country's triumph at the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels. The pavilion is dominated by two spiraling pieces of modern glass sculpture. Among the imposing welded sculpture and cast-glass figures of the main pavilion, there is an immense iron bell, which visitors are invited to toll. In Expoland (the amusement area), the Czechs are showing an improved version of Laterna Magika, the combination of multi-projector movie wall and live acting that was the hit of Montreal's Expo...
...polemics or politics. He is absorbed, instead, by two seemingly antithetical characters: Jones, a disgruntled, cowardly medic who is a cranky version of Catch-22's manic Yossarian, and the patrol leader, Sergeant Hook, whose claw is a spiritual but deadlier version of Captain Hook's famous iron hand...
Trucks from several glass companies, strolling spectators with cameras, and men selling iron grates and burglar alarms filled the Square yesterday as businessmen surveyed the damage from Wednesday night's riot...
...minimize the risk, Premier Sato's government has been urging Japanese businesses to grow stronger by merging. In notable response last week, Japan's two leading steel producers, Yawata and Fuji Iron & Steel, joined forces to become the Nippon Steel Corp. The new company is the world's second largest steel producer, behind U.S. Steel. It is also Japan's largest corporation, with annual sales of $3.1 billion. Together the two companies last year produced 31.5 million tons of crude steel, or 36% of Japan's total. In a period of resurgent Japanese nationalism...