Word: plasticity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parts that matter; it's how they fit together that counts. Dennis Blommers, a plant manager for Magna's Decoma division, which specializes in exterior systems, has been along for much of the company's ride to success; he now oversees 300 employees who engineer and make high-tech plastic bumper covers and grilles for Chrysler, GM and Honda at a plant near the company's headquarters in Aurora, Ont., about 20 miles north of Toronto. "Each year we get more and more into what the customers are asking for," he yells over the roar and hiss of 15 molding...
...something new-an upgrade in styling, heft and refillability. She had everything I wanted. The pen came packaged in a space-age pod container with sound-proofing foam to cradle the instrument. Inside: a pen with an elegant, athletic look. A masterpiece of German engineering, the pen's blue plastic housing had a smooth sandpaper tactility. I thought I had found love at first write...
...While the juxtaposition of matte and glossy plastic is pure cutting edge, tubular Muji measures the same satisfying circumference as a McDonald's straw. Without special curves, ergonomic handles or even a silver clip, it is light and modern, ethereal and pragmatic...
...covering damaged paper book jackets with durable plastic covers, Moore lamented the change in his old neighborhood. He estimates that 30 percent of his customers once lived in Cambridge, but that number halved after residential rent control ended in the mid-90s, forcing many of his customers into lower-rent areas...
...retailing trend hasn't gone unnoticed by the A.M.A. Its ethics committee last summer recommended a new policy that would have barred members from selling vitamins and other health-related products to their patients. That move triggered a rash of protests--particularly among plastic surgeons and dermatologists, who have long sold facial creams to their patients. The A.M.A. agreed to reconsider the no-sales rule, and says it will revisit the subject later this year...