Word: nickell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost anywhere computers are used. But last week the letters IBM appeared in the pages of the British science journal Nature in an unprecedented form. Two IBM researchers, in a scientific and marketing tour de force, had spelled out their corporate emblem by dragging atoms across a crystal of nickel one at a time. The result: the world's smallest corporate logo, measuring 660 billionths of an inch long...
...Donald Eigler and Erhard Schweizer were able to get individual atoms to respond to the magnet-like tug of a fine tungsten needle. But don't expect to see atom-etching booths at your local science fair. It took 22 hours to haul 35 xenon atoms across the bumpy nickel surface. And when the temperature rose above -380 degrees F, the masterpiece flew apart...
...annual salary of $35,000 in January. As for his salespeople, their earnings depend on the number of papers they can hawk. They buy copies for approximately 25 cents apiece, sell them for 75 cents and keep the difference. In addition, every paper sold earns the vendor an extra nickel that is deposited in a special savings account set aside for rent. So far, says Persons, 200 of the salespeople have saved enough money to secure cheap rooms or apartments...
...railroad in Nebraska." He gives them family relationships, such as "Oprah Winfrey is the sister of a man who used to live on my block in Philadelphia in the 1950s." He also gives the shows a historical context, such as "when Art Carney was doing vaudeville, doughnuts were a nickel and a whole sandwich was a dime...
...amiable neighborhood restaurant called La Riviera, out in the 'burbs of Jefferson Parish. The snapper is the liveliest football interview in a town that has other important matters, such as the onrush of Mardi Gras, on its mind. "Joe Billy," the observer asked, "how will Elway do against the nickel, three pennies, car keys and a couple pieces of pocket-lint defense...