Word: metalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Metal and fiberglass skis are great, but for beginners it is better to wait a while for them. You might not like skiing after...
...good pair of metal skis represent a life-time purchase. They most in the $100-$150 range, and usually carry a one-year guarantee. Fiberglass skis are in the $20 range, and are customarily guaranteed for five years...
...American production techniques have finally caught up with the demand. The best recreational ski equipment -- from poles to parkas--is now American made. No longer must the fashion-conscious snow bunny pay $75 for stretch pants that won't develop baggy knees after one day's wear. American metal skis that, will last for years now cost little more and will perform much better than Austrian woods which are liable to break or warp. In short, the initial investment in ski equipment has been reduced to a reasonable figure in recent years...
...taken too much for granted. The last three demonstrations were set off by tragic incidents on U.S. military bases. In November an off-duty U.S. airman, allegedly bird hunting with a .22-cal. rifle, shot and killed a 15-year-old Filipino boy scavenging for scrap metal on Clark Air Force Base. The next month, two Marine Corps sentries at the U.S. naval base in Subic Bay killed one of a pair of Filipino fishermen who the marines believed were pilfering from a dockside ammo dump...
...ammo filter to remnants of the Communist Huk guerrilla forces holed up on Luzon. But mostly the Filipino operators sell the explosives to dynamite-fishermen (who package it in Coke bottles to kill fish in Manila Bay) and trade the empty cases on Manila's booming scrap-metal market. Pilferers have stolen airfield landing lights, miles of fencing, electric cables, strips of portable runway, and even a five-ton landing chain...