Word: vulcan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spending act President Clinton signed last week. Analysts expect the government's pork-laden largesse to pave the way for solid growth at major cement and aggregate (sand and gravel) providers as public construction projects multiply in the next few years. Firms like Lafarge, Southdown, Martin Marietta Materials and Vulcan Materials will be busy laying down the concrete and asphalt, so look for their relatively affordable shares to keep rolling higher...
...reminder of Vulcan's city set King to talking quietly of the events of 1963. "In 1963," he said, "there arose a great Negro disappointment and disillusionment and discontent. It was the year of Birmingham, when the civil rights issue was impressed on the nation in a way that nothing else before had been able to do. It was the most decisive year in the Negro's fight for equality. Never before had there been such a coalition of conscience on this issue...
...SHELL They weigh only half a pound, but when spewed at 7,200 rounds a minute from the six twirling muzzles of a Vulcan cannon, these armor-piercing shells are formidable indeed. Pentagon officials couldn't begin to estimate the number used Cost: around $20 each...
Prime time turned out to be the Web. Next month, fueled by a second cash infusion from investors that include Vulcan Ventures, SoftBank, American Express and the Washington Post, Consumer's Edge will unveil its site, with channels focused on cars, mutual funds, colleges, bicycles, home-office equipment, restaurants and choosing a city to call home. By year's end Tomlin hopes to have 20 channels, including ones devoted to travel, careers, entertainment and consumer electronics...
...endless minutiae about closing costs and mortgage points. No one knows the protagonists--imagine trying to cast the pudgy David Hale, a confessed felon and owner of a failed burial insurance company. The best visual from the first Whitewater trial is already gone: the Trekkie alternate juror in Vulcan regalia. The wonder is that she was beamed...