Word: delta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Simon grew up on the New Jersey coast, the scion of a family that had become wealthy in the silk-dyeing industry in Paterson, but took a bath in the Depression; his father was an insurance broker. At Lafayette College, Simon was pledgemaster of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and he plumped up his slender funds with odd jobs and winnings at poker.He also ate enough and drank enough beer to put more than 200 Ibs. on his 5-ft. 11-in. frame. Then he doggedly swam 25 to 30 laps a day at a local Y.M.C.A. pool until...
...Discoveries. Along with peace, Nigeria is also gaining a bit of prosperity. Oil was discovered in the Niger River delta in 1966, and production has reached 2,200,000 bbl. per day, roughly 25% as much as Saudi Arabia was producing before its cutbacks. Gowon has followed the example of the world's major oil exporting nations and announced a 77% increase in the posted price of Nigerian crude, making it $14.69 per bbl. The new price is expected to earn Nigeria some $7 billion this year. In addition, the government currently is mulling over offers, mostly from American...
...Delta 2000, the Eliot House door...
...quite a personality. Ben-Gurion's moods covered the full range from stormy to stoical. He was at times arbitrary, vindictive and magnanimous. He had a disarming smile, but the deep-set brown eyes under the delta-like shock of white hair always burned. He believed in direct answers to direct questions, and his allegiance was unquestioning. "I am a Jew first and an Israeli afterward," invariably said the man who came from a nonobservant family...
...kitelike hang-gliders, aerodynamically more modest, are less secure by contrast. The most popular model is a flimsy-looking, delta-shaped affair designed by Francis Rogallo, a former NASA engineer. The pilot usually takes off by leaping from a cliff or dune. He hangs suspended in a harness, and steers by leaning right or left. He may also get aloft behind a motorboat or automobile -a more dangerous technique. Though James Bond used a Rogallo in his latest flick to swoop down on the bad guy, a far more spectacular flight was made recently when Jim Weir, 26, a gardener...