Word: stainless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They admit that their brainstorm has some shortcomings. Because of the shuttle's small payload, only the most hazardous fission byproducts could be considered for launch. They would also require almost foolproof packaging-probably a hardened mix of metals and ceramic encased in stainless steel spheres. As a precaution against a crash during lift-off or in the early stages of the journey, the spheres would be carried in an aerodynamically shaped container with heat shielding. That would enable them to survive a fiery plunge back into the atmosphere without spreading radioactive debris round the earth...
...golden tradition. Only about 40% of the estimated 2.5 million class rings expected to be sold this year will be gold. With the price of men's college rings at $200 or more, and women's at about $135, thrifty young lovers are turning to cheaper sentiment-stainless-steel rings, costing...
Last year, when the price of gold skyrocketed, leading class-ring companies were ready with nickel, chrome and stainless-steel substitutes. In an attempt to retain some glamour, manufacturers have given the alloys exotic trade names like Ultrium and Siladium. Salesmen now proudly point out that the gold substitutes resist tarnish or dents and will not leave rings around the finger. Says R. Lyman Wood, group vice president of Lenox Inc., an industry leader: "You can drop it or step on it. You can even wear it playing football...
...rings because of the value of their gold. Ohio State's campus bookstore this month is offering $68.95 for a man's ten-carat gold ring if the money is used toward the purchase of a $95 Lustrium number. But if civilians are switching to stainless-steel bands, West Point cadets are not trading in their tradition. And at more than $300 apiece this year, their rings rival Montezuma...
...child support from her ex-husband. How to erase that tax bill? "The in-kind program was my only hope." She was hired at $4.30 an hour to do clerical and case work for Hartford's juvenile crime prevention center. In her cramped, cluttered office -a stainless steel desk, two telephones, unvacuumed carpet, small white teapot, a naked light fixture overhead, with one of its two bulbs burned out-Mary is talking between phone calls. "The in-kind tax program is super," she says. "I couldn't hang onto the house if I couldn't work...