Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...islands in the sun. Long stretches of sandy, palm-shaded beaches. Azure waters flecked with colorful sails. These are the popular, still largely correct, tourist-poster views of that playground of the New World: the Caribbean. Sadly, in recent years less enticing images have begun to intrude. They show thick plumes of exhaust spilling from new oil refineries; bubbling, dark cesspools of untreated wastes only a hop away from beaches jammed by tourists; mountainsides scarred by open-pit mining and hardscrabble agricultural plots. The vacation paradise now faces the spread of environmental blight at an alarming rate...
With the Hollywood recycling mill humming at full capacity, actresses combing through the bios of studio film stars for a juicy part are as thick as autumn leaves-and some even thicker. And so with her Wonder Woman tights permanently stored away in some back-lot prop warehouse, Television Actress Lynda Carter dons a red wig and sucks in her tummy for Rita Hayworth, the Love Goddess, an upcoming two-hour CBS television movie. Carter learned how to dance and watched some of Rita's old films to strive for what she calls "the essence" of her character-goodness...
Invented by Bruce Vorhauer, 41, a biomedical engineer, the new product is a soft polyurethane sponge 5.5 cm wide and 2 cm thick, permeated with a common spermicide, nonoxynol 9, that has been on the market for 20 years. The product combines the barrier aspects of the diaphragm with the principal advantages of the less effective male condom. In tests, the sponge has proved to be as effective as the diaphragm: studies for one year of thousands of women, some of whom may not have used contraception diligently or properly, have shown that both methods prevent pregnancy...
...what is it he does in that mysterious classroom when the thick wood door shuts behind him and the rows of too young faces turn and rise Like heliotropic plants, eager for a sign? "Today we consider Kafka." Is that in fact what "we" are considering today? Or are we considering the teacher considering Kafka, and if that is the case, what exactly is to be considered-the learned scholar stocked deep with information about "irony" and "metaphor," or the still deeper mind, which has confronted Kafka alone in a private dark, and which Kafka has confronted in turn...
...good cookbook holds more data than eight floppy discs and can be thumbed with wet or sticky hands. Mastering data-base software can also be a taxing task, especially for the neophyte. Most data-base programs are marketed for business use; they come with powerful features and inch-thick manuals. Even with the simplest software, designing an efficient data base for an odd personal need is an art that often requires hours of trial and error. Advises PFS's Gibbons: "You have to ask yourself, 'How many times am I going to access this information...