Word: metallic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really feel like describing something that most of you should know. The noise, the lines, the crying babies, the saccharine smiles on the cabin crew's faces, that annoying Rhapsody in Blue tune being cranked out, the thought of how a hunk of metal like this can ever get off the ground and stay there for hours on end--basically, a rather nauseating feeling that makes one wonder why life must be so bad just to get somewhere...
...where the industrial labor force is the highest paid with the fewest working hours, debate over the future of the "social market economy" dominates the headlines. While the Federation of German Industry, the umbrella management association, is calling for a "fundamental reorientation" of the pay and benefits system, the metal and electrical industries have served notice that they will not renew expiring contracts on pay and holidays. The government spent a record 33.1% of GDP -- $633 billion -- for social programs in 1992 but hopes to squeeze $26 billion from households this year by raising retirement contributions and paring payments...
...mining industry sees nothing outlandish in the risk Crown Butte proposes to take with the nation's oldest national park, and nothing funny about the claiming of ski runs by environmental jokers. Hard-rock mining (for gold, copper, silver and other metals) once ruled the Rocky Mountain states. The industry is foreign-dominated now (18 of the 25 largest gold mines in the country are owned by non-U.S. firms, most of them Canadian). Only one Western job in 1,000 is directly tied to metal mining. But mining interests have not lost the knack of command, nor have...
Once by the railway line, James was kicked, stoned and beaten on the head with bricks and a metal rod until he died. The child's half-unclothed body was then placed across the freight track, said the prosecutor, where it was found two days later, cut in half. "James is only a small child," was the description his mother gave the police the day of his disappearance. "He has brown-blond hair, straight, which is ready for cutting ... he has a full set of baby teeth." But it was already too late...
LEAD: The risks have been known for years, but plenty of lead still gets into drinking water, since testing for the heavy metal is not universal. About 560,000 children have unacceptably high levels of lead in their blood, which could lead to neurological problems. The EPA also calculates that 680,000 cases of high blood pressure in adult men could be prevented by reducing lead in drinking water...