Word: workbench
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Georgs, leaning against a workbench, brightens as he begins to recall some of the more unusual sculptures he has carved...
...only attempted Mars mission since 1976--apparently blew an aneurysm in a fuel line and spiraled off into space. Goldin decided that such Cadillac probes should be replaced with more-modest ones: stripped-down ships made of components already on the shelf. When skeptical NASA engineers began assembling these workbench spacecraft, they found them surprisingly elegant...
...September morning in 1928, British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was discarding used culture plates that had been left in a pile on his laboratory workbench while he was on vacation. He noticed that one of the plates contained a blob of moldy contaminant that had apparently grown from particles wafting in through an open window. Having settled on the jellylike nutriment intended for the cultivation of a type of bacteria called staphylococci, the fungus had grown into a flourishing mass...
...smaller rooms in the back of Carbury-Breau's violin shop display bows and more violins. The farthest room smells of varnish, and little jars are piled on the workbench...
...that served as arbiters of hipness have gone out of business, including Egg, 7 Days, Smart and Fame. In the meantime, Vanity Fair thrives by sticking to cover subjects that have the rosy glow of maturity: Farrah and Ryan, Sly Stallone, Madonna. At the same time, such magazines as Workbench, Homeowner and 1001 Home Ideas are briskly building up their circulation. One of the hottest newcomers is Countryside, a Hearst glossy about the virtues of conservation, rural landscapes and life in the exurbs...