Word: buoying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...known he will be a star of some kind (and who could, if this movie takes off, become a multimedia presence of some force). He is contrasted with Louis Ferrigno, 24, a Brooklynite trained by his ex-cop dad, an intense and excitable man who is always trying to buoy his boy's confidence. By the peculiar standards of bodybuilding, young Louis appears to be every bit as gorgeous as Arnold. What he cannot see, and what his old man will never accept, is that Arnold has a gift that cannot be acquired no matter how hard an athlete...
...Radcliffe shell, manned by Ruth Colker, Diane Hickman, Wicki Royden, Robin Lothrup, and coxswain Patty Glovsky, took the race by two seconds despite a collision with another shell which cost them half on oar, and a tangle with a buoy that left them at a momentary near-standstill...
...frantic effort seemed to buoy law-enforcement officials and the Hearst family. Charles Bates, head of the FBI'S task force in the Hearst case, got a "seat-of-the-pants feeling" that Patricia might be freed last Wednesday, on her 20th birthday. Mother Catherine Hearst, who had been gently criticized by Patricia in one message for appearing on TV in somber black clothes, promised that she would don "a pretty dress" for her daughter's return. "They've asked me to make a gesture of sincerity, and that's what we've done," said...
That, of course, does not mean that the Soviets will ultimately give them back. But the communique marked the first time that the Kremlin had even admitted that they were a subject for discussion. For Tanaka, the concession, however small, resembled a life buoy. Not only had his Soviet visit started poorly; his preceding twelve-day journey through Europe had been somewhat less than exhilarating...
...Administration would like private industry to build some kind of "superport" in federally controlled waters beyond the states' three-mile jurisdiction. One proposal is to construct "monobuoys," which cost about $500 million and have already been tested off the coasts of the United Kingdom, Africa and Japan. Each buoy is moored 15 to 20 miles out to sea and connected by an underwater pipeline to shoreline facilities. Supertankers simply tie up to the buoy and pump oil into the pipeline while swinging with the tides and currents. Trouble is, oil is often spilled in the process and eventually washes...