Word: metallism
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...attended his inaugurations in Texas. They were nice affairs at the Capitol. They seemed grand at the time, but of course the presidential inauguration dwarfed the Texas ones. It wasn't just the crowds and all the hoopla and the metal detectors and the legions of tense security forces. It was the complexity of all the loci of power represented on the podium. It seemed impossible that anyone's ear could be tuned to so much dissonance, much less, I have to admit, someone you were used to seeing at the parent-teacher night at the local high school...
...been rising. Last year was particularly miserable. Delta and United have been poleaxed by labor disputes with the pilots' union that have caused thousands of flight cancellations. And relations between American's management and its labor groups have been notoriously bad for years. These guys need to pass through metal detectors before they get into a room together...
...road near the city of Beaverton, Ore., a cluster of modest concrete-and-glass buildings nestles amid ponds, fields and magnificent groves of evergreens--an oasis of natural beauty standing firm against the encroaching suburbs. Only a pair of football-field-size enclosures surrounded by 9-ft.-high sheet-metal walls and monitored from a watchtower give the hint that this is something more than just an unusually idyllic office park. The huge pens suggest a dinosaur paddock from Jurassic Park--an image reinforced when whatever is inside inexplicably starts slamming violently against the metal walls...
RECOVERING. RONALD REAGAN, 89, from surgery to repair a broken right hip sustained in a fall at his home; at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. Reagan, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, had a large metal pin and plate implanted in the hip, secured by a series of screws...
...have a five-round magazine, but the athlete must cycle the action manually between shots). I love the two-strap harness that holds it securely on my back but allows me to take it off and prepare to fire in just a few seconds. I love the little metal flaps that snap in place over the sights to keep them clear of snow during the skiing intervals. I love the surprising heft of the thing; you pick it up and get the distinct sense that to ski very far with it on your back and then hold it steady enough...