Word: protectant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With a rising crime rate (the FBI reports forcible rape up 7%), and U.S. women arming themselves with gas pellets, cattle prods, sirens and penknives, Portland police decided such implements were useless without rudimentary training in self-defense. Moreover, once instructed a woman could actually protect herself with no more than the normal contents of her purse. Portland Police Academy Captain William Taylor announced a free training course for women, expected about 50 candidates, found himself swamped with 500 applications in two days...
...Once a mob builds up, we're totally ineffective," he observed. He said that CNVA would notify the police, but hoped that large numbers of patrolmen would not be sent to protect pamphleteers. "They form a barrier and we can't communicate...
...standards from the 1970 to the 1968 models. A persistent critic of Detroit's safety record, Kennedy pointed out that astronauts and test pilots undergo much greater shocks than do people in many auto accidents-and survive. He asked the Government to force automakers to do something about protecting passengers from the "second collision" when they slam into a car's interior. "Our automobiles," he said, "are simply not designed to protect the passengers under these shocks." When military commanders want money to improve safety at airbases, added Kennedy, "they place the boots of dead pilots...
...wall" tanks made of nylon and polyurethane; when a tough-wall helicopter was slammed against a jagged rock at 100 Gs, the crash left only a one-eighth-inch crack. Airlines are also experimenting with a fire-resistant foam, which would automatically flood the fuselage after a crash and protect the passengers...
...floor-scouring pads containing capsules of cleaning and polishing fluid are also being marketed. Aircraft companies are using rivets coated with microcapsules containing primer. When the rivet is forced into place, the capsules break, allowing the primer to flow over both the rivet and the adjoining metal to protect them from corrosion. Manufacturers are testing encapsulated flavors and fragrances in food mixes to increase their shelf life, and nuclear-reactor fuel is being encapsulated to increase its efficiency...