Word: smelts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still recovering from the shocks and turmoils of Mao's last years. Thus many Sinologists wonder whether the ambitions of Teng and his pragmatic followers may not eventually prove to be as chimerical as those of Mao's 1958 Great Leap Forward, when peasants were urged to smelt iron and steel in backyard furnaces. Among the problems that modernization faces...
...cared for and suckled by the three-breasted Awa. In this age before Prometheus, women have stolen fire from the gods and rule through the cooking pot. But the Flounder, "like a swimming newspaper," gives man the crucial information that begins male domination: fire can also be used to smelt metal from rock, and metal can be forged into spearheads and axes. Thus is born man's wanderlust, his will to strive and conquer, his ability to make myths and reason to tragic absurdities. It is history's first chapter. In the second chapter, the power...
...They left without autographs or cast albums, without any catchy show tunes on their breath. No sound or sight or smell distinguished them from the rest of the night-lifers stolling along the asphalt and concrete called Tremont and Boylston. Except they knew and felt, and maybe even almost smelt, more of that hidden earth below than anyone this side of Fenway Park...
Along the shores of Lake Michigan, twinkling lights showed that the smelt were running again. The night netters scooped up the silvery fish (3-in. to 13-in. long) as they dashed for deeper water after spawning. They are fried and eaten whole. "It's like pulling French fries out of the lake," explained one delighted fisherman...
...similar argument can be made regarding Texaco's sales in South Africa. The apartheid state is built on the exploitation of South Africa's rich mineral resources as well as the exploitation of South Africa's people. In order to mine and smelt those minerals, the government must have oil. True, blacks are employed in the refineries; but the Corporation, as a responsible shareholder, should examine the terms under which those blacks are provided employment. Given the restrictions placed on black job levels by the government, it is hard to see how much Texaco could do for blacks...