Word: plastics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That there is no body attached to it, that it is, in fact, a brain kept alive in a bottle by a half-mad scientist, might strike some people as a little funny. It will strike vaster numbers of them as very funny - especially after Steve Martin pastes plastic lips on the bottle so he can kiss his beloved...
...subjects ranging from genetic engineering to nuclear fusion: "I believe that I became a science reporter because I love mysteries. But after seeing the workshops, I've decided that some mysteries should be left alone. Discovering that Darth Vader's dread Death Star is a ball of plastic is a bit like learning that Santa's beard is fake." At home, Thompson prefers the simple way of life. A traditional grandfather clock stands in his living room, and he drives a 1973 VW bug. Says he: "At least I can understand the car's innards...
...straightened up and went on my way, I overheard a little knot of French visitors who had been watching me with amazement. They stared for a minute at me and then at the rectangles of ragged grass, with their uprooted palins and their usual scatteration of papers, bottles, and plastic wrappers smeared with remnants of junk food "Tiens!" exclaimed one of the women. "It's democracy in action. The Americans may be slobs, but at least they're ingenious enough to make the professors clean up the premises...
Disbelief edges closer to disdain. No models. Mannequins. Metal mannequins with plastic hips. And no heads! Unbelievable. Now try it again, slower...
...tires. In Montpellier they solemnly bore empty coffins through the streets. And in Paris last week, more than 2,000 high-spirited students marched down the Champs-Elysées, shattering traffic lights with rocks. As the mob charged toward the National Assembly, black-uniformed riot police armed with plastic shields, bullet-less carbines and tear gas panicked and began forcing the demonstrators back with truncheons. Undeterred, 8,000 medical students later staged a sit-in while others blocked traffic, tore up construction material and smashed a police bus. With such skirmishes continuing throughout the week, the outbursts became...