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...noted in the cockpit. In the cut-rate TCAS-I, an alert sounds and lights up. In the more complex TCAS-II, a cockpit screen not only displays the intruder's position (at 2 o'clock, say), distance and altitude but also tells the pilot whether to dive, climb or just remain on course to avoid disaster. The action taken will automatically be passed on to the other plane...
...less fortunate prisoner of the personality racket is Alvin Pepler, a Newarker known as the "Jewish Marine" when he starred briefly on a TV quiz show during the '50s. Pepler's problem: he was dumped from the show when he wouldn't take a dive. He now wants Zuckerman to help publish his book about the scandal. In addition to this pathetic pest, there is a blackmailer who grows indignant when Nathan refuses to pay $50,000 to prevent the kidnaping of his mother: "Don't get high and mighty with me," says the caller. "Because...
...They can dive to crushing depths of half a mile or more, deeper than any other air-breathing mammal. These descendants of Moby Dick are still relentlessly hunted for the waxy spermaceti and exceptionally fine oil found in their square snouts, and for an intestinal secretion called ambergris, used in making perfume. They have become an endangered species...
...yesterday and knocking home a lone run. And Harvard's other big bat. Vinnie Martelli's, managed just an RBI double in four at bats, although Northeastern's centerfielder. Mark Ferullo, robbed him of a probable inside-the-park homer, by snagging that smash on one hop with a dive on the Astroturf outfield...
...from landing, Young pulled back the stick to check his dive. Only Columbia's stubby wings and slightly flared underbelly were giving it lift. But, to his delight, he found the craft far more aerodynamically buoyant than expected. Nineteen seconds before landing, he dropped his wheels...