Word: diversion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Other freshmen making their debut tonight include freestyler Elizabeth Adams, backstroker Emily Feldman, butterfly specialist Julie McAree and divers Pam Stone and Charlotte Worsley.
A dozing World War II fighter training base at Zephyrhills, Fla., came alive last week with a roar of airplane engines and a rainbow of shimmering parachutes. Some 600 sky divers convened on the field for eight days of serious contests in the air and not-so-serious games on...
The wreck could replace Spanish galleons as a new trove for treasure hunters: on the flight were some "extremely valuable" pieces of jewelry and mail. At present the area is under guard while authorized divers try to retrieve the booty.
Although no one has ever been seriously hurt during the derby, people have been drowned practicing beforehand, and the organizers set up an elaborate safety system of volunteers stationed onshore and in boats downstream to pull out anyone who got into trouble. The contestants had to wear life jackets; helmets...
Land has no present plans to sell or license sonar focusing to competitors. Potentially, it has uses that go well beyond photography. For example, the small unit might be employed as an obstacle locator for the visually impaired and those who work in the dark, or as an underwater ranging...