Word: tinning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lyon, it traveled the French National Railroads' regular tracks at conventional speed (max: 100 m.p.h.). In the comfortable, soundproofed cars, the only noises were the quiet hiss of air conditioning, the strains of Chopin-and the popping of champagne corks. Then, at Saint-Floren-tin, came the announcement: "We are entering the new section of track. Our speed will be 260 kilometers [162 miles] per hour...
...Mexicans closest to their nation's oil wealth, yet least likely to receive a share of it. Those living outside Coatzacoalcos, an oil boom town, complain bitterly about the arrogance of PEMEX, which can unilaterally expropriate their land. They say that the sulfur in the air corrodes the tin roofs of their shacks, and that their cows have died from drinking contaminated water. The land has become less fertile, with crop yields declining by as much as 30 per cent...
...years, people have brought their jokes and guitars to this part of Cambridge, making a tin can or a hat available for generous pedestrians. Over the past several months, however, the Square has become nothing short of a free-form carnival; performers attract crowds anywhere they can find a little open space, on weekday as well as weekend evenings...
Coke salesmen became increasingly nervous. One of them, identified only as Tin, spotted Pepsi Salesman Thongyu Meksuk putting up Pepsi posters in a small open-air restaurant on the outskirts of Khampaeng Phet, about 200 miles northwest of Bangkok. Such point-of-purchase advertising is important in Thailand, since about 96% of soft drinks are consumed where they are bought. Coke and Pepsi have long squabbled over prime space in cafés and other public places...
...angry Tin began tearing down his rival's posters. Enraged, Thongyu shouted at Tin. The two men then agreed to settle the matter with a fistfight and departed in clattering bottle trucks for a field near by. On the way, though, Tin pulled his truck alongside Thongyu's and, according to witnesses, blasted him with a shotgun. Thongyu was left dead at his wheel; Tin disappeared...