Word: steel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...catalogue's descriptive paeans are seldom graphic about the weapons' deadly effects. Usually the language is willfully neutral: one shell that spews out steel pellets is merely "useful to engage massed infantry at close quarters." But peddler's enthusiasm can overcome the technocratic blankness. A 105-mm artillery piece is "robust" and its "lethal punch" is thus "ideal for use in tough limited war conditions in all climates." One transport is a "tough, roomy, dependable" aircraft, and the catalogue says of the AEL 4111 Snipe aerial drone for antiaircraft gunners: "The morale effect on weapons crews...
Both sides clearly benefit from the deal. For China, it means a return to work on two showpieces of the modernization drive. The Baoshan complex, to be built by Nippon Steel, was planned as an industrial cornerstone for the country. The Daqing petrochemical project, for which Peking had already imported most of the machinery, is intended to help make China a world-class producer of products ranging from ethylene to synthetic fibers...
...penance, the Chinese agreed to pay some $40 million in compensation to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the cancellation of a $420 million hot-rolling steel mill that was to form part of a second phase at Baoshan. Peking also belatedly agreed to import and pay for all of the petrochemical equipment and technology that it had originally signed for with Japanese and West German firms, a commitment that could total as much as $1.5 billion. Industrial development in the People's Republic still faces serious obstacles. Not only must the country be able to train the millions of skilled...
...Questions", a ten-ton modern sculpture made of rusted steel was recently installed in front of the student union amid a crowd of 100 students who opposed its purchase and gathered to jeer as a crane lowered the sculpture into place. One student, trying to deface the work, broke off a piece of metal which later was welded back into place...
...capacious world of light brick and tile carved underground. Montreal Metro is a marvel of cleanliness - quietness and efficiency. Long-blue-stylish trains glide smoothly on inflated rubber tires over steel rail. If Reagan cared at all for America, they would restore New York's frightful subway...