Word: ironizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...team painstakingly swept 120,000 linear miles of ocean with magnetometers, devices that detect irregularities in the earth's magnetic field--anomalies caused by, among other things, iron cannons, armor or anchors. They used side-scan and sub-bottom sonar and even commissioned an aerial survey, but the search did not yield a verifiable Atocha remnant. Says Fay Feild, an engineer and consultant to Treasure Salvors, who designed a special magnetometer for Fisher: "With a magnetometer, even in a limited area, only one in 100 'hits' has anything to do with a wreck. With a side- scanner...
...outstanding, compared with $600 billion for American institutions. As the Japanese banks have seen their assets balloon, partly because of the rapid appreciation of the yen against the dollar, they have become more ambitious, aggressive and resourceful. The Japanese have bought up banks in the U.S. and Australia, financed iron-ore mining in Brazil and provided funding for the underwater Chunnel, which will link England and France. Taking their cue from Japanese manufacturers, banks like Dai-Ichi Kangyo have penetrated foreign markets partly by charging less for loans than their competitors...
...essential in electronic equipment and the clean-up devices for automobile exhausts. The U.S. could get along for about six months without imports. South Africa has 71% of the world's reserves of manganese, which is vital to the making of batteries, various chemicals, steel and cast iron. U.S. supplies could last nearly two years and non-Communist countries have excess manganese that could fill...
...terms of style, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and P.W. Botha have little in common. Yet through the years, the amiable U.S. President, the iron-willed British Prime Minister and the pugnacious South African State President have each demonstrated an uncanny ability to tough their way through political adversity, often using the sheer force of personality to get their way. As the international calls for economic sanctions against South Africa grow, however, all three leaders resemble conductors who are fast losing control of their orchestras...
...earlier trip, at ease among his Iron Curtain allies, Turner visited Soviet Georgia and went climbing and hunting in the distant Caucasus. He shot a mountain goat; its stuffed head is decorating his hotel suite. So far, this is Turner Broadcasting's only tangible trophy. In a unified show of indifference, except for the gala opening ceremony, Muscovites have matched American television audiences, empty seat for measly rating point. Once Turner hoped to make $20 million or $30 million on his inaugural games, but now he expects to lose $10 million or $15 million. "Moscow's just not a great...