Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...music teacher. But very soon after he wrote them, one was taken over by Rossini and the other by Mozart, and the operas effectively put a smokescreen over the originals. Cutting and combining the two plays gives the whole show a fascinating irony. The first play was lighter-hearted, and ended happily with the Count marrying the girl, Rosina. But in the second play, the situation changes--the Count, the hero of the first part, is trying to make off with his servant Figaro's intended bride. In the first play the servant had an alliance with the master; here...
...work gangs attempted to scoop up the sticky scum on beaches and in inlets, dismayed marine biologists and fishermen were already giving a fairly bleak assessment of the long-term damage. Because the Amoco Cadiz's oil is lighter and was released closer to the French shore than that from the Torrey Canyon, which blackened the English coast a decade ago, it had spread faster and penetrated deeper into Brittany's many inlets and estuaries. Even farther out to sea many food fish, except possibly sole, which stay near the bottom, will be contaminated. The season...
With the growing use of lighter metals and plastics, steel is no longer the dominant performer in the economy that it once was, but its price rises still bring confrontations with Washington. Government officials know that other industries watch steel for clues to the size of price increases they can get away with. The confrontations have become a ritualized ballet. A steel company announces a towering jump in prices; Washington denounces it; another company posts a smaller increase; the original raise is trimmed down. Last week the ballet had an exceptionally thunderous performance, and it headed toward the same...
Coach Harry Parker did not seem discouraged by the fourth-place finish in the finals. "Washington is a very strong crew and we can only be encouraged that we were that close to them. We are a good ten pounds lighter than they are," he said last night...
There is every reason for a thorough inquiry. U.S. automakers, especially Ford, are stepping up their investigation of these materials as an alternative to steel in a new generation of lighter cars that will burn less fuel. Ford President Lee Iacocca says that the composites will cut by 600 kg. (1,300 lbs.) the weight of a prototype car planned...