Word: ores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...material interspersed with small blue-black or blue-green patches. Many of the rocks were also coated with a reddish stain, strongly suggesting the presence of iron that had rusted in the presence of atmospheric or waterbound oxygen. Other rocks, blue-green and opalescent, reminded some scientists of copper ore. After correcting the color values on the photograph, scientists decided that the sky, which looked blue in the original print, was really of a pinkish hue. All in all, the view, far from being alien and forbidding, seemed almost inviting. "Oh, gosh, that's just lovely," said Thomas Mutch...
...skyrocketing cost of iron ore, copper, fibers, foodstuffs and other non-oil commodities contributed more than anything else to the devastating double-digit inflation of 1973-74. Commodity prices plummeted during the recent world recession, but now they are bouncing up again more rapidly than had been generally anticipated. Emile van Lennep, secretary-general of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, warns in cautious economist's jargon that "the surprisingly early recovery of some commodity prices could presage a new outbreak of speculative price rises and pose a serious threat to the sustainability of the present...
...evidence last week that the Montreal Olympics would have its share of such moments. Hurdler Willie Davenport, 33, who was advised never to run again after he was carried off the field a year ago with a ruptured tendon in his knee, came to the U.S. trials in Eugene, Ore., spiritually and surgically renewed and won a place on his fourth Olympic team. Long Distance Runner Garry Bjorklund, 25, lost a shoe halfway through the grinding 10,000-meter race. Spurred on by the maddening memory of a foot operation that had kept him off the 1972 U.S. Olympic team...
...along in the breakdown lane of some Cartesian interstate, they are savoring a cyclist's delight, a 4,250-mile route that meanders through two U.S. parks (Yellowstone and Grand Teton), five major historic sites, 25 national forests and just about every one-air-pump hamlet from Astoria, Ore., to Williamsburg...
Dolores J. Katz, medical reporter for the Detroit Free Press; Alfred S. Larkin Jr., assistant metropolitan editor for The Boston Globe; John E. Painter Jr., staff writer for The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.; Barbara A. Reynolds, urban affairs writer for the Chicago Tribune; and Paul Solman, associate editor and reporter for The Real Paper have also been chosen...