Word: modelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Astronomer Thomas Gold has forged a distinguished career by believing six impossible things before breakfast. In the late 1940s, he, Astronomer Fred Hoyle and Mathematician Hermann Bondi roiled the cosmological community when they countered an early version of the big-bang theory of the universe with their steady state model, which stipulated the continual creation of matter (a concept now completely out of favor). In 1968 Gold was the first to propose that pulsars were rapidly rotating neutron stars (all evidence suggests he was right). In the mid-1960s he sparked another ruckus by predicting that the first spacecraft...
...Four's boomlet, though, could be followed by a bust. The cut-rate financing applies only to 1985-model cars. When the incentives expire at the end of September, dealers will face the more difficult task of selling 1986- model autos without attractive financing. In the midst of a sluggish economy and rising Japanese competition, that will be a very grueling demolition derby indeed...
...brand of britches he wears on the cover of his current album, Born in the U.S.A. Says Levi Strauss Spokesman Dean Christon: "Springsteen's a great artist, and he certainly has great taste in jeans." The San Francisco company expects sales of its made-in-the-U.S.A. 501 model to jump 20% this year compared with...
...have in common? Well, yes. But besides stunning looks, they both launched their careers by appearing on the cover of Teen magazine (circ. 992,000). Last week Molly Brenner, 13, took a giant step toward joining the list of famous alumnae by winning the magazine's Fifth Annual Great Model Search. The ninth-grader from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., will receive, in addition to an appearance on the cover of Teen, a $5,000 modeling contract and a new car. Posing for the camera will be no big deal for Brenner, who has been modeling since she was four months...
...Soviets already have their own antisatellite weapon, but it is primitive compared with the U.S. model. The Soviet ASAT is a 150-ft., 2-ton rocket designed to climb into orbit and chase down satellites around the earth. After closing with its target, the Soviet missile explodes, destroying the satellite in a hail of shrapnel. But while an F-15 can reach launching position within an hour of takeoff, the Soviets must wait for a target satellite to pass over their fixed missile launch pads, which could take up to twelve hours. The U.S. missile can reach its target within...