Word: metallize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many white students who stayed home yesterday said they would not return until the administration agreed to reinstall metal detectors, which were removed a year ago. "They guy arrested at the fight was carrying a knife," one student, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday, adding, "I'm not going back in there until I know it's safe...
...metal detectors checked students for weapons as they entered the building. School officials said removing them was important to reestablishing normal conditions at South Boston High, which has long been the focus of opposition to court-ordered desegregation...
...slam on the brakes to make the terrorists think you are stopping. Then gun the car, aiming for the front or rear axle. At 30 m.p.h. this barely rattles the Cadillac. But it spins the Buick into a full 360° turn and produces a very satisfying roar, crumpling metal and shattering glass. The Cadillac is hardly dented, but anyone inside the Buick will be badly shaken...
Gold, the international barometer of world economic anxiety, quickly reflected last week's heightened concerns. In just two days, the yellow metal's price shot up to $720 per oz. in London, an increase of $46. Later in the week, however, the price slipped back to around $700 per oz. Those levels are still well below the alltime high of $875, which was reached in January after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Gold shares on the Johannesburg stock exchange in South Africa, where most of the Western world's gold is mined, were heavily traded. Reported...
Materials: The Stealth is made not of metal, for the most part, but of a substance that includes graphite, epoxy resins, plastic and asbestos filaments. These materials absorb and diffuse radar waves. Special radar-absorbent paints also may be used...