Word: felling
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Asbestos--a fibrous mineral--was widely used as insulation during the mid-1900s. When its dust was found to be carcinogenic in the '60s and '70s, the insulation quickly fell in popularity...
...athletes who have gone before El Guerrouj don't dispute the praise. "He's the best I've seen by a long way," says Sebastian Coe, now Lord Coe, who along with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram traded the mile record between 1979 and 1985. Their reign fell to Africa in 1993, when Algeria's Noureddine Morceli sheared almost 2 sec. from Cram's eight-year-old record...
Then Bush fell into that trap. His campaign script called for him to spend last week wooing women and independents with education photo-ops and speeches in key states. But what was planned as a week of centrist appeals ended up being consumed by Bush's halting efforts to explain his tax-cut plan. In the first week of head-to-head campaigning after the conventions, Bush committed a cardinal sin: he let his opponent pull him off message...
...recall is taking its toll on the bottom line. Ford Explorer sales are slipping, and Bridgestone announced on Friday that profit in the first half of the year fell nearly 50% as a result of the recall...
Despite the best intentions, some matches between schools and businesses founder. Sugarloaf eventually had to abandon its plan to include a couple of far-flung schools in its golf program because kids were spending too much time in transit. Some of Graystone Elementary's partnerships with local chain outlets fell apart when individual managers left...