Word: tools
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tool shop, an English pub and other commercial ventures are moving into the restored Schermerhorn Row of counting houses, which dates from 1811 and shows off the simple charm of the period. The Museum Block, in contrast, includes 14 buildings in a medley of styles, all exuberantly restored. By next summer "Pier 17 Pavilion" will be installed. The Victorian-style steel-and-glass shopping arcade will jut into the East River alongside the four-masted sailing ship Peking and other craft in the museum's flotilla. Also to come are more outdoor cafés, commercial offices...
...symbol for the facade individuals erect to hide their true feelings, loses its power and becomes lost in the quagmire of the tedious plot. By the time the sixth different character remarks that Mieko's face is reminiscent of a No mask, the symbol has become merely bothersome, a tool the author uses to justify the fact that no one understands or is aware of what Mieko is plotting...
Since it was introduced into the American workplace in the 1960s, the video display terminal (VDT) has become an indispensable tool for 10 million clerical workers, typesetters, writers, editors and computer programmers. But as the number of people who regularly use VDTs has increased, so have complaints that long-term exposure to the machines can cause a variety of afflictions, including muscle fatigue, eyestrain, cataracts and miscarriages. Two years ago, a panel of vision experts and psychologists assembled by the National Research Council began a scientific investigation of the effects of VDTs on eyesight...
...increase the cost of those imports in the U.S. and make American goods more competitive. In addition, he lowered quotas for steel-bar imports from 40,053 tons to 27,000 tons for the first year of the limit. Other, less severe quotas were imposed for rod and tool steel...
This may be the age of the electronic keyboard and the video display terminal, but more and more U.S. companies are turning to old-fashioned penmanship as a tool to help screen would-be employees. "Handwriting analysis delves deeper into the things you cannot uncover in a live interview," says Phil Wizer, the Omaha-based owner of several Thrifty rent-a-car franchises...