Word: basic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American Airlines 707 loses a wing flap, which breaks into five pieces, two weighing more than 300 Ibs., over the Chicago suburb of Palatine. Another American 707 sheds the 11-in. by 13-ft. tip of a wing flap over San Francisco Bay. And federal investigators report that basic pilot errors committed by Yankee Catcher Thurman Munson caused his Cessna Citation I jet to crash at Akron-Canton airport on Aug. 2, killing Munson and injuring two passengers...
Nixon began by arguing that the "collateral issue" of Viet Nam should not interrupt the basic progress in our relations which was being achieved. He was aware that the Soviet Union had an ideological affinity with Hanoi. But we did not choose this moment for the "flare-up" in Viet Nam [he was referring to Hanoi's 1972 Easter offensive]. We could not reconsider our policy unless Hanoi indicated new flexibility in its negotiating stance. Moscow, he needled, should use the influence it acquired through supplying military equipment to make Hanoi think again...
...told Chou that I would accept his basic approach. We outlined the key joint positions, especially the paragraph concerning both countries' opposition to hegemony. Though this later became a hallowed Chinese word, it was first introduced...
...club and use its boats. New members are also required to pass the 100-yd. swimming test at the IAB and to attend a rigging demonstration, during which launching and beaching procedures are explained. All beginners also will be given an on-the-water demonstration, as well as a basic sailing lecture...
...producer. Among other options it says it rejected was to make only small cars; given its high fixed costs and the low prices it would have to charge, it would lose $43 for every such car produced in 1982. But the company does plan to reduce the number of basic car lines from five to three. Moreover, by 1985 all Chrysler cars will have front-wheel drive, a space-saving feature that only its fast-selling, American-built Omni and Horizon subcompacts have now. The company's basic goal is to expand its 10.2% share of the U.S. auto...