Word: approach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Letting down in fogbound St. Louis, See overshot the runway on his first pass, went into a tight turn to begin a new approach. "Final ILS 24," he radioed the tower-meaning that he aimed to make an Instrument Landing System descent on runway 24. Inexplicably, he continued his turn. Just then, some witnesses heard a loud whooph!-possibly indicating an engine flameout. Others reported hearing an explosion...
...demand wage increases and better jobs. In rural areas, the protests should center on allied air and artillery strikes and "the plan to herd people with their unhusked rice into concentration centers and to use toxic chemicals in the massacre of our compatriots." Then there is the subtler approach, such as paying calls on the wives of Vietnamese troops "to inquire about the health of their husbands" and thus undermine civilian morale. Or, when an air attack is over, one might transport "the most typical victim of U.S. bombs and shells" -meaning, of course, the most mutilated-"to the boroughs...
...radar-directed approach was perfect until he was only a few hundred yards short of the runway. Then the control-tower radar scanner saw in horror that the huge DC-8 suddenly had sunk twenty feet below the correct glide path. "Level off," commanded the tower operator. Seconds later, the plane dropped off the radar screen. Too low, the plane's wheels apparently snagged on the breakwater at the edge of the runway, sending the DC-8 cartwheeling down the field...
Times editorialists have long argued against a major U.S. commitment in Viet Nam.* The general Times approach comes under the guidance of Arthur Ochs ("Punch") Sulzberger, the publisher, who is Cy's first cousin, and John B. Oakes, editor of the editorial page, who is also a member of the Times family hierarchy. It is no secret that the Times editorial line on Viet Nam does not meet with universal approval among Timesmen, and the best public view of the continuing debate is Cy Sulzberger's consistent disagreement with his paper...
...should exercise direct control over the selection of panel members, and give clear instructions to its investigators. The HPC should work more closely with the student body, whose opinions and ideas it must transmit, as well as with the CEP, whose questions it must answer. Failing to adopt this approach, it will miss the exciting opportunity that Dean Ford and the CEP have presented...