Word: lightered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Many. In Lincoln's mind, the American cause was "to e1evate the condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all." The human condition today is more elevated and yet more perilous, the weights on American shoulders are lighter as well as heavier, the people's pursuits are more confusing but also more stimulating than was dreamed of in yesterday's utopias...
...course, the English Channel. Tall (5 ft. 91 in.) and lissome (137 Ibs.), Mary is a featherweight compared with most Channel swimmers, who pile on fat as protection against the chilly water. She spurns the traditional coating of axle grease, uses heavy-grade Vaseline instead: it is lighter, more water-repellent. And when she is in the water, her thoughts are miles away. "I concentrate on my family and other people who are fond of me," she says. "The worst thing you can do is worry about whether you'll make...
...choice." Paperboard competes with plastics, steel with aluminum, thin tin with glass. The latest battle shaping up is between the new composition cans (commonly paperboard covered with foil) and traditional metal cans, which were already warring with glass. Fiber-foil cans cost 15% less than tin-plate cans, are lighter and usually can be opened with less effort. They have already moved into the motor oil can market once dominated by tin plate, and their makers confidently plan to use them for coffee, paint, beer and soft drinks...
...February that has caused the defection of more than 2,700 Viet Cong followers, including several minor Red officials. Under the terms of the new proclamation, Red defectors "will be given the opportunity to reform and redeem themselves by deeds, and depending on these deeds, will be entitled to lighter sentences or be absolved of past offenses." But the offer of amnesty applies only to Viet Cong sympathizers and not to hard-core Communist cadres, who, Diem feels, are incapable of rehabilitation...
...smokers who want to avoid flameout: a hurricane-proof cigarette lighter that needs no flint or fuel. Powered by a nickel-cadmium battery that never needs replacement, the Gulton lighter uses a glowing filament like a dashboard lighter. It can be recharged (about three packs' worth) by plugging it into any AC wall outlet. Price...