Word: metallize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...operate with reduced thrust. The 325-ton bird dropped six miles in two minutes, practically turning upside down as it rolled to the right. The force of the fall ripped off the doors of the landing-gear compartment, and may have sent the 7-ft. by 4-ft. metal sheets tearing through the stabilizing wings at the aircraft's tail. The wild buffeting also bent part of the steering mechanism in the right wing...
...clearing's center, three Americans are working with shovels at the bottom of a metal-and-fiber-glass-filled hole about ten feet deep. This is the impact point where the AC-130 crashed to earth. To facilitate the search, the team first sliced the ground open with hunting knives and then cut away the soil an inch at a time. Now the men pass shovelfuls of dirt to Laotian soldiers waiting with sifters, who shake the dirt back and forth. The Americans wrap a winch line around a nearby tree to help pull a piece of rusted metal...
...popularity of minimalist music spreads and the avant-garde of the '70s pushes further out into the culture, some odd alliances spring up in the artistic landscape. Who would expect to see dancers in the American Ballet Theater stride jauntily onstage carrying ordinary metal folding chairs and proceed to use them as partners? But that is what they do in Choreographer and Performance Artist David Gordon's clever new work--his first ballet ever --called Field, Chair and Mountain, and audiences on A.B.T.'s current national tour cheer them on at every performance. In a New York City Ballet premiere...
Looking good is the most pressing concern of travelers. At Bloomingdale's in New York City, a new tool cannily combines several grooming appliances in one 6-oz. unit. The 4-in. blower of Schildkraut's red plastic and metal gadget ($33) becomes both blow dryer and handle for the iron. Another take-along is Le Dome ($16.50) instant nail dryer. Simply insert fingers or toes into its plastic chamber, and a battery-driven fan dries them in two minutes...
...Cooper helmets that the Crimson has this year are fitted with a clear plastic visor and not a metal cage because of a new rule that allows the plastic facemasks...