Word: tubs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most powerful supercomputers are surprisingly small and sleek, some not much bigger than a California hot tub. But looks can be deceiving. Supercomputers often squeeze out the last bit of processing speed by shrinking the distances electrons have to travel within their wiring. They are tightly packed workhorses that require a whole array of supporting equipment. Some employ full-size mainframe computers just to shuttle programs in and out of their processing units. The machines may be connected, by cable or satellite, to hundreds of remote terminals that can transform raw numerical output into stunning 3-D graphics. They often...
First, never leave home without a golf ball. It will fit the drain in the vast majority of the world's hotel sinks that come without a plug. Also, start filling the tub immediately if you hear gunshots. One of the things that goes first and fast in insurrections and civil wars is the water supply. But travel is not all grim. When in Bali, do not pass up the free-lance masseuses on Kuta Beach. And if you happen into Peshawar, make straight for Salateen's and try the leg of lamb, "a treat of international renown...
...Gulfport, Miss. Jim Vandenberg, manager of the Catfish Shak restaurant, pours the last quart of pickle relish into the industrial-size tub of tartar sauce for the catfish later that morning in Biloxi. The Bush campaign originally wanted a crayfish boil, but wiser heads counseled that crayfish are a Louisiana dish; catfish are regarded as Mississippian...
...probably right. At the very least, his sober jeremiad is punctuated by numerous up-to-date examples of wretched excess: fur coats for Cabbage Patch dolls, a stretch limousine for rent in Los Angeles that boasts a hot tub and a helicopter pad, a Manhattan interior decorator who charges his clients $500 to toss throw pillows artistically around a drawing room. The customers for these esoteric goods and services spring from what Lapham calls the "equestrian class," which has multiplied impressively during the decades of postwar American prosperity and which "comprises all those who can afford to ride rather than...
...respect. "It was made by Ideal on March 8, 1906." They trundle the fixture down a listing hallway to join half a dozen others at the top of the stairs. "You have to be careful doing this kind of work," observes Tillotson. "If you drop a 500-lb. tub on your foot, it can take the fun right...