Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that his fortunes changed. Up to then he was conventionally seen as a "Chicago artist," living in New York but tucked away on his own atoll of social irritability, far from the mainstream, best known for his activism in the Viet Nam years and for his earlier paintings of thick, eroded, archaeological figures in wounded repose or lumbering combat. But when the art world turns, peripheral artists have a way of moving to the center, and the decade's renewed interest in figure painting helped this happen with Golub, especially since it coincided with some of the best work...
...flashes of 25,000 bombs have faded into a black drizzle of radioactive fallout. Yet Armageddon is not complete: for miles above the earth, sunlight is blotted out by plumes of smoke from the vast conflagrations in which the major cities of the Northern Hemisphere have been consumed. This thick veil of soot and dust slowly circulates through various layers of the atmosphere, blanketing entire continents, creating a world of frigid darkness. As ground temperatures plummet by as much as 40° F and the sun is obscured, crops in Iowa, Nebraska and the Ukraine in the Soviet Union perish...
Trucks used for shipping chemicals must be strong enough to survive a rollover without breaking open, and tank cars a derailment. Hydrogen cyanide, a lethal poison, can be transported only in carriers with 1-in.-thick, high-strength steel bulkheads. When a railroad car carrying petrochemicals overturns, the reason may be loose rails, which can break off from their ties and puncture the front of an oncoming tank car. Therefore, industry rules were established that call for adding more insulation and head shields. Cost: $452 million...
...spending cuts, proposed by Budget Director David Stockman, were presented to Reagan in a thick loose-leaf book. Although the details were not made public, the outlines became clear after a series of high-level White House meetings late last week. The Stockman plan would demand sacrifices from a broad range of citizens in order to uphold Reagan's campaign pledge not to raise taxes, cut Social Security or countenance much slowdown in the U.S. military buildup...
...contrast, said Jarvik, Schroeder's surgery was notable for "a great feeling of deliberate, calm progress," making it seem "almost routine." The only difficulty came in removing the diseased heart, which was surrounded by a thick envelope of scar tissue, the legacy of bypass surgery performed less than two years ago. "The scarring made it difficult to identify structures," explained Lansing, who assisted in the operation. "It's like looking through a fog." As a result, instead of taking the usual five minutes, it took half an hour just to extract the organ. Once that was accomplished, DeVries...