Word: waterproof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...criticism centered upon the inclusion of $30,000 to waterproof the Peabody Terrace buildings as a current operating expense instead of as a capital improvement. This way the expenditure is accounted as occuring in one year instead of over forty
...toughest task was to develop a throwaway that was soft yet strong and moistureproof. For that, the engineers came up with a three-part design consisting of a quick-drying inner lining of soft rayon-like material, a middle layer of absorbent tissue wadding, and an outer sheet of waterproof polyethylene. By way of acknowledging that babies differ widely, the designers made Pampers in three sizes-"newborn," "daytime" and "extra strength" for overnight...
...scuttled the boat, stashing aboard it a waterproof bag with $480,000, then took off through the waist-deep swamp toward the lights of El Jobean, a tiny fishing village. He never made it. Two Charlotte County deputies stalked him until finally he paused to rest directly in front of them. "We turned the light on him, and there he was, crouched down on a log, just sitting there," said Deputy Milton Buffington. They found $17,-000 in his pocket...
...Fatah's signal, a band of Arabs sets out across the Jordan River on rafts made from tractor tires, carrying their Russian-made Kalashnikov assault rifles in waterproof inner tubes. In the darkness they land, make their way inland, plant a mine, ambush an Israeli patrol or throw a grenade, then scramble as best they can for home. The odds are heavily against their making it back, for many are caught or killed by efficient Israeli security forces. But the rewards are high, as posthumous compensations go. They are martyrs to all Arabs, their photographs and tales of their...
...oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. Among the special equipment they used, the most important item was an underwater camera designed by Marine Explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau, now made by Nikon and sold under the name Nikonos. It is the first camera sealed to function under water without special waterproof housing...