Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Between the two sections of the ship, the Woods Hole scientists found a large debris field littered with artifacts: a copper kettle polished by sand particles in the deep-sea currents; three of the ship's safes; a porcelain doll's head; a patent-leather shoe. Most of the ship's woodwork had been devoured by marine creatures. Amid the debris were at least four of the Titanic's huge boilers; an unbroken porcelain coffee cup rested on one of them. Says Ballard: "It must have fluttered down like a leaf and settled on the boiler, which had come crashing...
...multinational team, led by researchers from the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia, and historians from Noumea, New Caledonia, left three chartered boats anchored in Vanikoro's lagoon and sped in inflatable outboards to the wreck site. In the afternoons, they returned laden with artifacts that included part of a shoe, Chinese ceramics, a dragoon's brass helmet and thousands of glass necklace beads probably intended as items of barter for Pacific tribal chieftains...
...week's end, J.J. was still working tirelessly, finding chamber pots and corked champagne bottles, a single shoe, and a shiny-handled safe sporting an ornate crest. Alvin was called in to try and open the safe with its robot arm, but failed. Still on the agenda were plans to investigate new areas of the Titanic's main section, as well as debris from the wreck. "I'm tickled by how well Jason Jr. has done," said Ballard. "We're really in great shape...
Traditionally, investigative reporters have relied on shoe leather and patience to ferret out the proverbial smoking gun. However, in the computer age, newsmen are enlisting the machine with dramatic results...
...time high of $148.5 billion in 1985, up more than 20% from the 1984 peak. In Washington, this may sound like just another economic indicator, but back home where Congressmen campaign, the figure means unemployment, and trade has become a hot regional issue. Textile workers in North Carolina, shoe manufacturers in New England and Missouri, steelworkers in the Midwest and lumberjacks in the Northwest have been the most vocal in their complaints. "The perception is out there," said one Republican Congressman, that the "Administration isn't doing enough...