Word: tinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...attractions (presidential libraries combined get some 2 million visitors annually) and, in some cases, major employment programs for the ex-Presidents' pals. Because the presidency keeps getting bigger, so do the libraries. Gerald Ford's library has more documents than F.D.R.'s. No wonder Presidents leave office with a tin cup in hand. "They've become mendicants in some ways," says a presidential-library official. L.B.J. got the Texas legislature to help fund his; George Bush received $1 million each from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. And Clinton is hoping to hustle contributions well north of $1 million...
...second group is the spawn of actor and martial arts instructor Yuen Siu-tin, also known as Simon Yuen. Five sons of Siu-tin have carved notable, knockabout careers in movie action: Wo-ping, Cheung-yan, Chun-yeung (a.k.a. Brandy), Sun-yi (Sunny) and Yat-choh. Among them, these two extended families have won 13 of the 18 Hong Kong Film Awards for best action choreography. Wo-ping got one for the epochal grudge matches between Donnie Yen and Jet Li in Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China...
...recycling ramps up, computer manufacturers are discovering new ways to make the process more efficient. Metal screws are being replaced with snap-open panels for quicker dismantling. Lead solder used to fasten parts to circuit boards is giving way to safer tin, silver and copper alloys. Spray-on flame retardants, which can be toxic when recycled, are being replaced with metal paneling. And those annoying plastic shipping peanuts are being replaced with packing material made of water-soluble starch...
...Green, didn't get the $1 million bonuses they had been promised, they decided to strike out on their own. As his business took off in the late '70s and early '80s, Rich became even bolder. He worked secretly with the Malaysian government to drive up the price of tin and allegedly violated international embargoes by selling Soviet oil to South Africa. He even briefly went Hollywood, partnering with Marvin Davis to buy 20th Century...
...That was the primary purpose of Bush's well-handled Breakfast at Greenspan's last week. It's also why an ALCOA tin man is heading up Bush's treasury: Paul O'Neill, and Dick Cheney, go back three decades with the fed chairman, and a good relationship with the Fed can be a big help, especially when your old man didn't get along so well with Al. Greenspan will get his chance to sign off when he testifies before Congress this winter...