Word: steeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scheduled for a showdown vote in the house later in the week. Republican Governor James Thompson summoned some anti-ERA legislators to his bedside, where he was recuperating from a strained back, and asked them to reconsider. The feminists and their supporters, including six busloads of burly male Steel workers, roamed the halls of the statehouse in Springfield. Lois Anne Rosen of Chicago collared her hapless representative, Robert Krska, in the corridor and demanded: "How can you be an American and be against equality?" In a weak attempt at humor, Krska mumbled, "Maybe we shouldn't have given...
...size sliver of silicon known as the microchip, is revolutionizing everything from giant computers to tiny home appliances, making possible a whole new generation of low-cost machines that can "think" and "talk." Says Electronics Analyst Benjamin Rosen: "Within 20 years, microchips will be as economically important as autos, steel, energy and chemicals-a basic global industry without which no nation can claim to be a first-rate power...
...doors burst open, and Hitler's steel face blew apart in alarm. Two cops forced him against the wall, frisked him. The state attorney seized his copy of Hustler as evidence, impounded his books. They wouldn't let anyone else inside. The DA offered me immunity if I cooperated with them. After all, I was the press. They handcuffed Hitler, and the cop was reading him his rights: "You have the right to remain silent...
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...