Word: meshed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bailey puts it, is on the fourth bureaucratic level. To make matters worse, he argues, "there have been 15 commissioners in the last 18 years--it's just a revolving door. Nobody knows who's responsible or accountable for anything. "We must give somebody the power to make a mesh of things...
Wharton waxes brilliant when writing about Birdy's dreams. In his dreams, Birdy conquers his fear of being caged by the wire mesh and two-by-four boards of his own aviary. Birdy lives for the night when he can dream. Eventually, life imitates dreams and Birdy gains an easy, prophet-like sense. He even comes to dream within his dreams...
...relations between the neighboring nations. Energy Secretary James Schlesinger made matters worse by his high-handed treatment of Mexican envoys (see following story). Then, to stem the northward flow of illegal immigrants (nearly 1 million last year), U.S. authorities proposed sealing off parts of the frontier with sharpened steel-mesh fencing. Mexican newspapers indignantly accused the U.S. of raising 'the tortilla curtain...
...graceful, dramatic structures of reinforced concrete; of a heart attack; in Rome. Originally trained in civil engineering, Nervi first began experimenting with concrete design when he constructed an all-concrete theater in Naples in 1927. He went on to create a strong, light blend of mortar and steel mesh called ferrocemento and, by casting major structural pieces at construction sites, managed to mold concrete into soaring, tilted buttresses and high, swooping ceilings. His finest buildings, critics agree, are the vast Exhibition Hall in Turin, Rome's sunburst-domed Palazzetto dello Sport and the oystershell-shaped, ribbed-concrete Pope Paul...
Accordingly, Wilson is proposing a two-seat lunar vehicle or quadracycle, made of lightweight metals. It would have wheels of a metallic mesh like those on the lunar rover to cope with the moon's dusty surface. Both astronauts would pedal while sitting; with a load of scientific gear, they could easily travel several kilometers without unduly exerting themselves. Best of all, while the cost of getting to the moon may be skyhigh, moving around on it should be dust-cheap...