Word: crash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THEY HAVE built a stone wall around the ivory tower. The wall is thick. In the past, occasionally a stone would crash and crumble on the outer gates; inside, we would hear only a muffled thud. At times, a big rock was hurled, big enough to shake the walls, not big enough to topple them. We remember those times as Crises, and after they passed and the rocks lay in sandy ruin on the ground, we reinforced the walls...
Warrant Officer Candidate Jarema Majkut finds that "it takes a lot more skill to fly a helicopter" than other aircraft. "Basically, an airplane wants to fly," he says, "and a helicopter wants to crash." The pilots are well paid for their talents. With flight and combat pay, Fred Hayden clears $11,400 a year-enough to put him in economic striking distance of a New York City patrolman (base pay: $12,150 a year...
Chopper pilots earn every penny they get. In one company at Khe Sanh called the Lancers, the pilots have organized a pool; the pot-$5 from each aircraft commander-goes to the ship with the greatest accumulation of bullet holes when Lam Son finally ends (choppers that crash are disqualified). Says soft-spoken Huey Pilot John Oldham. 22, of Peculiar, Mo.: "If you think about getting killed, it will screw you up. You just do the job you are trained for." Over Laos, where the elaborate Communist antiaircraft system is especially potent, the pilots fly high-but not on grass...
...country's 7% inflation. His union policy and Britain's high discount rates have not yet brought a leveling in prices, but the average for wage gains appears to be receding slightly from last year's 14%. While Britain was still reeling from the Rolls-Royce crash, Vehicle & General Insurance Group, which insures every eighth motorist in the country, went bankrupt...
They said that they needed the extra space "to continue the many programs we have begun in only one week." These activities include day care, karate lessons, dance, auto mechanics, medical and legal counselling, a large meeting room, a women's crash pad and "space for a lesbian lounge...