Word: zip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...compulsive overachievers who were attracted to its rival Citibank. Under the leadership of the aggressive Walter Wriston, Citibank overtook the Chase in 1968 and is now challenging the Bank of America for the No. 1 spot. While Wriston has vigorously recruited executives from far afield to put new zip into banking, Rockefeller has fostered a clubby-his critics say complacent-atmosphere in the Chase's upper echelons...
...Poly-Dome. Still in the testing stages, this instant plastic cottage emerges from a package 9 ft. by 2 ft. To assemble, simply unfold, push out curved panels, zip up the roof, and in minutes you have a 110-sq.-ft. vacation home. Estimated cost...
...Rodgers and Hart score, one of the most felicitous of their remarkable partnership, plays an undeniable role in the success of the evening. Songs like Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, I Could Write a Book and Zip belong in the U.S. musical theater's hall of fame...
...Morris Buttermaker passes out on the pitcher's mound during practice. Scraping himself together, he sips a few cold ones in the dugout while watching his team take the field for the first game. Score at the end of the first half of the first inning: 26 to zip. Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) figures it is time to forfeit. He has nothing to lose but his pains, and there are nine of them on his team, with a couple of alternates thrown in for good measure...
...scheduled to make its first orbital flight in 1979, the ball would be available for transferring passengers to rescue craft in case the shuttle is marooned in space. Because they will not be equipped with the expensive space suits that are now being considered for the shuttle, passengers could zip themselves into the cheaper, airtight ball. As they crouch in fetal position, the ball, made of layers of synthetic fabrics, will be inflated with pure oxygen to its full 34-in. diameter. The passenger may find it a tight fit, but he (or she) will be able to look...