Word: plasticizers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...torturer's lexicon also includes mordant, mocking names for their techniques and instruments. The Wet Submarine, for example, means near-suffocation of a prisoner by immersing him in water, or, frequently, urine; the Dry Submarine is the same thing, except that a plastic bag is tied over the victim's head to deprive him of oxygen. In the Grill, the victim is stretched out face up on a metal frame while a "massage" of shocks is delivered to various parts of the body. A Brazilian invention called the Parrot's Perch is used in many countries; it consists...
...sort of mammoth umbrella that can be carried in a car, sets up in minutes and sleeps four. The pop tent became a bestseller, and Moss has been designing tents ever since. Then there is the O-dome, a 530-sq.-ft. tentlike house of plastic-coated paper he built for himself seven years ago on an island off Maine; there are now about 450 fiber-glass versions across the country. "People aren't quite sure what to call me," says Moss tentatively. "Architect? Engineer? No, I'm an artist. A tent to me is a piece...
...trouble: the little red jewel planted in the palm of the senior citizen's hand starts flashing, signaling that it is time to be "reborn in the fiery ritual of carrousel." This ceremony requires one to rig oneself out in long robes and a perforated plastic mask, then stand peaceably in the middle of what appears to be a centrifugal-force machine. Soon the participant starts soaring toward the top of the dome, where a glowing white stone incinerates him in mid-flight Bodies explode in the air like percussion caps, making quick, clean flashes The more youthful spectators...
...Poly-Dome. Still in the testing stages, this instant plastic cottage emerges from a package 9 ft. by 2 ft. To assemble, simply unfold, push out curved panels, zip up the roof, and in minutes you have a 110-sq.-ft. vacation home. Estimated cost...
...will need far greater capacity if Arab governments buy his 300-sq.-ft. tentlike shelters of stressed cotton fabric sprayed with plastic foam to make it rigid. "If I can develop and produce it for what I say I can," says Moss, "we are talking about hundreds of thousands of these structures." But Moss the tentmaker will not be fully satisfied until someone buys his favorite idea, an already tested shelter that can be rushed to earthquake-or other disaster-stricken areas. Carried over the site by a helicopter and released in midair, it opens like a parachute and drops...