Word: metallism
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...moderates and independents who approve of some gun control. In 1995 he touted the signing of a law that allowed Texans to carry concealed handguns. That Bush welcomed top N.R.A officials to the signing ceremony will not escape Democratic operatives, nor will stories of guns in Texas churches and metal detectors installed in amusement parks under Bush's tenure. Bush also made it harder for localities to sue gun manufacturers. He said the measure curbed frivolous lawsuits. Opponents called it the "N.R.A protection act" and noted that Colorado's Republican Governor Bill Owens shelved a similar bill after the Columbine...
...sort of place where you expect great machines to be built--a cramped, windowless room where keyboard wires and screen cables coil round cups of stale coffee. A handful of X-shaped boxes in brushed metal, each polished to perfection for a punishing 15 hours, lie on workbenches in varying states of completion. The team of six engineers putting them together has gone four days with less than four hours' sleep each night. There's a maniacal tinge to their humor. Bald-pated Drew Angeloff has taken to teasing his colleagues with the blue flame of his soldering equipment. "Help...
...Literally everything. From disco, rock, metal, reggae, rap, blues, jazz, progressive rock, techno, progressive jazz, alternative, new age, folk and even a little bit of country and western...
...anthrax vaccine itself has been in use for 20 years in various cow-related occupations (remember when anthrax was only a bovine disease and a heavy metal band?) and was FDA-approved at one point, though the inspectors haven't been too crazy about the production line at maker BioPort's big new plant. BioPort itself is now swamped with demand and cash flow problems, thanks to the Pentagon's bulk order, prompting more worries about the quality and safety of future batches...
Several small businesses do still survive in Kendall, some of which are housed in the renovated Kendall Building, which sits across the street from a newly constructed metal statue of the world...