Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with an elderly broker standing before him. The cutter examined a packet of raw stones with his loupe. He shook his head, wrapped the packet up and handed it back to the broker. The old man wearily placed it in his old leather pouch, held together with tape and rubber bands, and produced another packet. The two haggled for a moment in Yiddish and then the second packet was also rejected. That day there would be no sale between the broker, who carried the diamonds around on consignment, and the cutter. The visitor took his worn pouch, holding stones worth...
Indisputably, the U.S. has lagged in global economic competition. Many of the nation's steel, automobile, rubber and other plants and mines are outmoded and inefficient. The reason is that relative to the size of its economy, the U.S. since the mid-1960s has invested only three-quarters as much as the West Germans and one-half as much as the Japanese in expanding and modernizing its factories and machines. Just to keep them up to date and to sharpen U.S. competitiveness in world markets, the President's Council of Economic Advisers projected in 1975, the U.S. would...
...frozen, University of New Hampshire captain Bob Gould, having just uncorked a vicious slapshot from about 45 feet, glances towards the goal before heading in for a prospective rebound. The backskating Dartmouth defenseman, unaware of what is happening behind him. His glove outstretched, hoping for the reassuring thwack of rubber into leather, Dartmouth goalie Bob Gaudet. 14,490 fans, waiting, ready to explode. The Boston Garden scoreboard: UNH 2, Dartmouth 2, 2:43 to play...
...requests are granted. John Heins, who works in the rubber department, got two raises in two months for a total 80?-an-hour increase (to $6.50), and plans to request another in May. Pay requests have been so reasonable, averaging 10.9% last year, that management has never exercised its veto right...
...League All-Stars against the Soviets' national team in Madison Square Garden. The final score was 4-2, and the honor and heritage of Canada and the U.S. were safe. But the Soviets rallied to win the second match, 5-4, and then humiliated the N.H.L. in the rubber game, 6-0. The debacle stirred musings about future showdowns with the Soviets in which national honor would be at stake...