Word: crews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seizure of a much wanted Shi'ite Muslim terrorist, Fawaz Younis, who was lured onto a yacht in the Mediterranean, seized and spirited off to stand trial in the U.S. for the 1985 hijacking of a Jordanian airliner that carried four Americans among its 70 passengers and crew...
...nine mines arrayed at mid-deck were armed and, as one officer said, "ready to go." Luckily, one bullet that had pierced a mine had not set off its 250-lb. load of explosives. If it had, the other mines would presumably have ignited too. The crew might have been killed, and the long- sought evidence would have vanished...
...unmanned and manned programs compete for budget dollars, and so far the manned missions have been the big winners. But, says Sagdeyev, "99% of what man can do in space can be done by robots." The statement irritates his comrades at Soviet mission control. "This crew has done 100 repair jobs," scoffs Victor Blagov, the deputy flight director, arguing that humans are needed to deal with unanticipated situations. Snaps Stepan Bogodyazh of Glavkosmos, the Soviet equivalent of NASA: "You need people there to test the instruments. The cosmonaut is a researcher, and this is a laboratory...
...Metropolitan District Commission's decision to step up security for the Head of the Charles Regatta is a positive move, local college crew coaches said yesterday...
Harvard head crew Coach Harry Parker said, "A little better control of the crowds is appropriate." According to Parker, "the crowds have been getting out of hand in recent times, with too many people here to party--and not to watch the race...