Word: techs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Army crews in the high-tech helicopters had used infrared vision- enhancing gear to watch the Iranians rolling their explosive cargo into the sea. Under questioning, some of the sailors admitted what they were doing and even told where they had dropped the lethal charges. U.S. Navy SEALs (sea, air and land commandos) who boarded the vessel found charts detailing the mine- laying scheme. This helped the Navy locate and disarm seven other mines that the Iran Ajr had dropped into the sea-lanes...
...openness is not just political fashion. Says Genevieve Debouzy, of the French space agency: "The seminars that ten years ago would have been given at the Goddard Space Flight Center are now given in Moscow." To the surprise of Americans, the Soviets' well-deserved reputation for a plodding, low-tech, assembly-line approach to space exploration has paid off. Says James Beggs, former NASA administrator: "There's been a habit in this country of thinking of the Soviets as stupid and that they steal all their technology. That's just...
California's Silicon Valley, home of many of the nation's newest high-tech companies, boasts a far cleaner image, but its workers face perils as well. In semiconductor plants, where a single speck of dust can destroy a computer chip, employees must don gloves, caps, gowns and shoe covers. But these chipmaking facilities, known as "clean labs," seem misnamed when workers relate the litany of health problems they encounter by being exposed to the acids, gases and solvents used in chip manufacture. California's division of labor statistics and research has found a high incidence of disabling illnesses among...
Next stop, Grambling. Sam was once treasurer of the college here, as well as treasurer of nearby Louisiana Tech University. He knew practically everyone ^ listening to the candidate, whose voice was a painful crack. The midday blast furnace was so oppressive our socks were soaked...
...Pacific Ocean and inland valleys. (One problem: Can the Soviet leader ride a horse, and would he be willing to try? Nobody in the U.S. professes to know.) Reagan has mused in the past about showing a Soviet leader middle-class American homes, schools, churches, possibly a high-tech factory; the President appears to think the picture of capitalist prosperity would impress even so dedicated a Communist as Gorbachev...