Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Discovery is to return home from its four-day, one-hour, 65-orbit flight today, landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California...
...existed even when one crashed in California two years ago. Yet when a covey of U.S.A.F. pilots converged in Washington last week for an Air Force Association symposium, shop talk indicated that the Stealth has a nickname. Pilots who fly the plane out of the Tonopah, Nev., Air Force base find it so tricky they call it the "Wobbly Goblin." Onboard computers are supposed to control the Stealth's performance, even at the highest speeds, but experts say the plane sometimes "gets away" from the pilot, who then has to take over manually -- and earn his wings all over again...
Hauck's veteran flight crew consisted of AirForce Col. Richard Covey, Marine Lt. Col. David C.Hilmers; John M. Lounge; and George D. "Pinky"Nelson. Landing is scheduled for Monday at EdwardsAir Force Base in California...
Studies have shown that SAT scores above a certain point bear little correlation to actual academic success in college. That is why colleges do not base their general admission policies solely on board scores. Class rank, more a function of the size and caliber of the student's high school than the student's aptitude, is only one small factor into the general admissions process...
Voters who are not set in their convictions about basic issues are fair game for the current campaign strategies. Those people are left to base their decision on more superfluous factors, and unfortunately, these factors have become the focus in the current contest...