Word: tiling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pedaling. In 1983 the U.S. Cycling Federation issued 16,000 racing permits (9,000 in 1970); 10 million bikes will be shipped to stores for the country's 100 million riders. So it should have come as no surprise that 200,000 flag-waving aficionados gathered by the tile-roofed, half-a-million-dollar ranch homes in Mission Viejo, 50 miles south of Los Angeles, for one of the Games' few admission-free events. After the thrill of Carpenter-Phinney's performance, the crowd was treated to another last-meter dazzler by Alexi Grewal, 23, of Aspen...
While Koppel says "you have to ignore stories like that," he nonetheless takes a moment to explain. "There is no 'Nightline' logo on my pool," he says. "There is a white tile outline of a city scope and some fiber optics that give it a starlight effect. It was the contractor's idea and was meant as a whimsical touch for the family...
...mighty and invincible. Then, Gary Hart (D--Colo.) seemed confident and unstoppable. Now it looks like we're in store for a protracted race in which a clear front-runner may never emerge. Only one thing is clear, the road to the Democratic. Party convention in San Francisco is tile with pot holes and the party is riding on shocks that are already worn Prospects for victory in November get dimmer with every bump along the trail...
Conventional wisdom maintains that computer buyers care less about technical achievement than about such factors as continuity, compatibility and customer support, prime virtues of IBM. In the vola tile computer business, however, history has shown that significant technical achievements can attract consumers away from the most deeply entrenched standards. Two examples: in the mid-1960s the minicomputers emerged and captured a sizable portion of the market once dominated by big mainframe computers; in the late 1970s microcomputers took business away from both mainframes and minis. Now Apple's Macintosh may be providing another example of dubious conventional wisdom...
...Nothing else is in it. The next room is empty except for piles of boxes. Michael is going to build a miniature of the Disneyland ride Pirates of the Caribbean here. It is pretty dark and I cannot see well. We walk into the kitchen. It is gleaming: white tile floors, chrome-and-black ovens, stove and appliances. The foyer of the house is Lighted by a chandelier dangling from the ceiling two floors above. The circular staircase leading to the second floor is carpeted in green, the floor is white marble. A square gold-leaf table holds a vase...