Word: steel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rose ever so slowly over the lunar Ocean of Storms, the spidery, three-legged newcomer hesitantly extended and flexed its aluminum, accordion-like arm. Then, reassured that the numbing cold of its flight through space had done no harm, it reached down and pressed its steel-tipped claw into the moon's surface, leaving a small dent. Opening its claw, it deliberately gouged a small trench near its feet, curiously watching each movement to determine the nature of the lunar soil. Thus last week Surveyor 3 became the second U.S. spacecraft to achieve a successful lunar soft landing...
...seats in the local stadium until police piled in with clubs. In Warsaw, 8,000 teen-agers crashed through police barriers and stormed the iron gates of the Palace of Culture. In the resulting barrage of bottles and bricks, police sprayed the mob with tear gas, called in steel-helmeted reinforcements with machine guns, dogs, and two armored cars mounted with water cannons...
Though few people outside medicine and biology know the word, collagen is one of the most important constituents of the human body, making up 30% of its protein. In bone and tooth enamel, its long chains of molecules serve the same purpose as that of steel reinforcing rods in concrete. In mobile tissues' such as tendons, arteries and heart valves, they are like flexible steel wires. And despite the unfamiliarity of its name, collagen (from the Greek kolla, or glue, and pronounced col-uh-jen) has been popular in the humblest homes for centuries. When the hides and bones...
...week's end a relatively consistent pattern of first-quarter results could be charted. While such industries as aerospace, electronics, office equipment and banking were holding their own, automakers-plus the aligned producers of rubber and steel-were reporting weakened earnings. Overall, White House economists are using a $46 billion annual rate as the best guess for first-quarter profits-a $2,000,000,000 drop from the last quarter...
Except for one. Last week Simon conceded a resounding defeat in his effort to master steelmaking. At a loss of some $654,000, Simon gave up 60% of his holdings in troubled Wheeling Steel Corp. and turned the job of reviving its fortunes over to Pittsburgh Steel...