Other notable words: all-terrain vehicle, backlit, country rock, snooze button, worry beads, zilch The fiberscope, an image-transmitting device, used the first all-glass fiber, dubbed fiber optics in 1956. Jack Reynolds, who published "A Woman of Bangkok" this year, wrote of being "properly...
Other notable words: duct tape, gas-guzzler, Global Positioning System, hot tub, NSAID, trauma center A PBSWashingtontelevision station successfully tested aclosed-captioningsystem for the first time in 1973. The U.S. Senate convenedhearingsthis year on improper use of drugs by athletes, includin...