Word: aca
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...rehearsing their missions, drilling and drilling and drilling the landings until they almost drilled the juice out of them. The first words spoken after the Apollo 11 lunar module actually touched down were not, as most people believe, "Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed." Rather, they were "ACA out of detent...mode control, both auto; descent engine command override, off," as Aldrin reconfigured his instrument-panel switches. It was only after that pedestrian bit of business was done that Armstrong spoke for the ages...
...accompanying bylaws are passed, the council will draw up a budget at the beginning of each aca- demic year that will allocate roughly 60 percent to grants, 25 percent to committees and 15 percent to operations...
...scholarship and the aca demic side is being emphasized more and more," Bohlman said of the 1989 changes. "The endorsement committee tries to pick the very best and look for positive reasons to endorse them...