Word: correct
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stability to Angola." That was only a warmup. There were bloopers about sending U.S. troops to Rhodesia, about Britain having almost "invented racism," about Arab attitudes toward Israelis being akin to Ku Klux Klan attitudes toward blacks. Soon the State Department found itself working almost full time to clarify, correct or apologize for Young's remarks...
Please forgive a correction from "the guru of British pedigree" (your words about us), but your informant J. Charles Thompson was not 100% correct in telling you that only eldest sons of eldest sons inherit coats of arms. By English, Welsh and Irish heraldic law, younger sons and their younger sons do too-the qualification is legitimate male-line descent from the original man entitled to the arms...
...vitally important. To reduce the risk of misunderstanding between tower and cockpit, a controller is forbidden to tell a pilot to "hold for takeoff." The mere mention of "takeoff" could trigger a response in the mind of the pilot and cause him to throw the throttles open prematurely. The correct command: "Taxi into position and hold...
...ribosome is needed to hold them in place until their amino acids are assembled. While the scientists admit that their concept is "fairly speculative," they note that it can be tested in the laboratory if researchers can construct some five-nucleotide tRNA molecules. If the theory is correct, these engineered molecules, placed in a test tube with amino acids and messenger RNA, should synthesize proteins...
...Intelligence Agency became mired in inefficiency, Schlesinger was tapped for the shape-up operation. As CIA director he immediately began to demythologize the agency. For example, he ordered road signs that identified the CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., as THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS to be changed to the correct designation. Staffers were instructed to answer the telephone with their names, not just the telephone number. Schlesinger elevated scientific types to the top jobs and fired some 1,500 of the "old boys"-undercover agents who had come in from the cold to cushy jobs in the home office...