Word: metalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since the first atomic explosion at Alamogordo, N. Mex., in 1945, uranium has been the key ingredient in nuclear armaments. Now, in a surprising change of role, the heavy metal is showing promise in more conventional weapons. When fired from test guns, tiny uranium projectiles produced by California's TRW Systems and several other companies, have had such devastating effects on targets during recent demonstrations that the Department of Defense has been awarding contracts for further development work...
...credited with S.D.R. in proportion to their regular IMF deposits, but only 30% of S.D.R. actually used need ever be repaid. The other 70% becomes a permanent increase in each country's liquid assets-"paper gold" that moneymen feel should some day become as coveted as the metal...
...noose, moving into the village and taking watchful control. They do nothing else unless, as often happens, a Viet Cong among the villagers foolishly tries to escape the net. Next, in flutters a giant Chinook helicopter carrying a contingent of Vietnamese National Police armed with burp guns and long metal rods. The policemen question and search the villagers, poke the ground with their rods in search of holes hiding Viet Cong or arms. They usually flush out both, and load them into the Chinook. With that, the police and the Cavalrymen withdraw. Usually within two hours the village is alone...
Tails & Top Hats. Meissen dates back to the early 18th century, when it became Europe's first true china manufacturer. Alchemist Johann Friedrich Bottger was employed by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, to find a way to turn base metal into gold; instead he discovered an ancient Chinese method of making porcelain. Augustus set Bottger up in a medieval castle in the cathedral city of Meissen. There the factory turned out its china until 1865, when it was moved to its present site on a slope overlooking the town. Because Meissen...
Trade in Jeopardy. The need for some supplement to gold has long been apparent to most monetary experts. In recent years, the situation has become especially acute as hoarders have stashed away huge quantities of the metal, thus depriving international trade of its most valued medium of exchange...