Word: soundproofed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insistence, the Explora blends in with its surroundings. Hotel waste is treated with a complex system of filters, ultraviolet light and two kinds of beneficial bacteria so the sewage is crystalline before it enters Lake Pehoe. The staff burns dead wood purchased outside the park, places generators in soundproof sheds to prevent noise pollution, and uses some solar power...
...order when the global battles America is fighting are less about the balance of power than about the balance sheet. We gauge our vital interests not by which boundaries we will defend but by which currencies. And the meetings that matter most don't always take place in the soundproof White House Situation Room; some are held in a private dining room at the Jefferson Hotel...
...private acts. A car isolates a driver from the world even as it carries him through it. The sensation of personal power is intoxicating. Sealed in your little pod, you control the climate with the touch of a button, from Arctic tundra to equatorial tropic. The cabin is virtually soundproof. Your "pilot's chair" has more positions than a Barcalounger. You can't listen to that old Sammy Davis Jr. tape at home because your kids will think you're a dweeb, but in the car, the audience roars as you belt out I've Gotta Be Me. Coffee steams...
...Congress is still confident that Deutch can reform the agency. In his first six months as director, he has replaced practically every top manager. And when he met last week with officers in the CIA's soundproof auditorium to explain his reprimands in the latest scandal and to buck up morale, he got a standing ovation. It was a small step in rebuilding confidence inside the agency. The larger task will be restoring the CIA's credibility with those on the outside...
Most chess matches of this caliber have been held in grand halls, with hushed audiences watching the players onstage. This time Kasparov and Anand pore over the board in a 3-m by 6-m soundproof booth. There are a few choice, $75 seats in the makeshift King's Room overlooking the booth, but the action is livelier in the cheap folding chairs next door, where chess mavens can follow the match via TV or computer. Helped along by animated commentators Maurice Ashley ("E-5? Funky!") and Danny King, amateurs and grand masters alike try to anticipate each move. When...