Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...constitution was drafted by representatives of the people themselves. It has been submitted to all Ethiopian citizens, including those living abroad, and it will be promulgated after it is put to a referendum. Such democratic participation is unparalleled in the history of Ethiopia. Once the constitution assumes its final shape, Ethiopia will never again be ruled by the personal absolutism of any one individual or a handful of individuals. There will be no more discrimination according to sex, religion or ethnic origin, no more nepotism or exploitation...
...slowly last year, began to shrink in the second quarter of 1986 (see chart). One main cause of the malaise seems to be companies' reluctance to invest in new plants and equipment. Says Stephen Roach, an economist with the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "Capital spending is in the worst shape for any postwar expansion period." Roach projects that capital investment for all of 1986 will fall by 4.5%, compared with last year. Says he: "Every time such a contraction has taken place, the economy has been either on the brink or in the midst of outright recession...
...most effective way of freeing trapped dolphins from a net that is full and cinched shut at the bottom is for the ship laying the net to run in reverse, dragging the net and its finny contents into an elongated shape (see diagram). Crewmen in rubber rafts then drive the surface-swimming dolphins toward one end, and as the ship pulls the net, the dolphins spill out, leaving the tuna behind. Despite these efforts, an average of eight dolphins die during each netting, often at night, when freeing them is more difficult...
...this was beginning to take promising shape on paper in late 1983. But paper is not celluloid. And Cameron and Hurd needed a track record to support their developing vision. Luckily, it came in a rush. First, casting and finance finally came together for The Terminator script, which he directed and she produced. (It was during postproduction that their professional relationship turned into a romance that led to marriage ten months later.) In the meantime, he finished the script on which Sylvester Stallone did his usual devastating rewrite -- and turned into Rambo. The Terminator was a low-budget ($6.5 million...
...such a marathon would clearly be a lightweight, efficient, flying fuel tank. Eighteen months and many sketches later, when Voyager assumed its basic shape, it was a textbook example of featherweight design and construction. The shell is made from quarter-inch-thick panels of Hexcel honeycomb, a resin-coated, paper-like polymer, covered with graphite fibers embedded in epoxy. The panels weigh just 4 oz. per sq. ft. but have remarkable tensile strength; the ends of the craft's thin, 110-ft. single wing can flex up and down as much as 35 ft. without breaking...