Word: darted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lighteweight crew at Dart mouth...
...overcome Soviet defenses. In the late '60s the U.S. developed the MIRV (multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle) to saturate Soviet antimissile systems. Now that the Soviets are again beefing up their own defenses, the Pentagon is asking $174 million to develop a MARV (maneuverable reentry vehicle) that could dart and weave to avoid anti- missile missiles. The disclosure of the MARV research is awkward for the Reagan Administration because it undercuts the President's argument that it is possible to build an airtight defense system. Arms-race foes naturally fear another round of nuclear one-upmanship as MIRVing is made...
THERE'S A DEATHWISH in this movie. From the opening scene, in which the protagonist Morgan Hiller (James Spader) narrowly averts decapitation by a slashing car aerial, to the final fight, involving everything from dart guns to fireaxes, the smell of blood hangs heavy in the air. And the strangest aspect of this adolescent brinksmanship is its complete premeditation--every character consciously seeks out dangerous situations and harrowing relationships...
...Harvard men's swimming team upped its season slate to 6-0 with an easy 76-37 victory over an outclassed Dart-mouth squad Saturday at Blodgett Pool...
...Gromyko asked the President, in English, "How many arrows will you shoot at me tomorrow?" Reagan smilingly answered that he had no arrows in his quiver. Gromyko pressed on: "Twenty arrows? Ten?" Reagan let Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., reply for him: "Not even a dart will be thrown...