Word: fannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terribly mixed-up soldier acting in a very irrational manner, or that he was an eager-to-please young officer following the orders of a mad superior-neither of these would qualify him for hero status. To place him on a pedestal and deluge him with fan mail is to me incomprehensible...
...Anson and Kane went to Associate Editor Ray Kennedy, who wrote the cover story. It was edited by John Elson and researched by Alexandra Mezey, a sportswoman who has postponed her vacation in order to see the fight. Of the team, only Kennedy claimed to be the classic fight fan: "I'm a screamer and a yeller, a foot stomper, a seat pounder. I'll admit to a certain blood lust, a sense of impending disaster. I wait for the big punch that will...
...heart is pounding at 130 beats per minute or more. Cooper grades exercises according to how fast they induce the training effect and increase oxygen use. Running and jogging rank first, followed by swimming, cycling stationary running, the handball-squash-basketball group of sports, and walking. An aerobics fan must attain a weekly score of at least 30 points on Cooper's scale. He may do this by walking three rules in no more than 41 minutes five times a week, by swimming 700 yards in 15 minutes five times a week, or by running a mile in eight...
...President had publicly committed himself to a meaningful blow against construction inflation. "There will be action," he promised. Baseball Fan Nixon added that if Hodgson "struck out, then we'll be up to bat." After the President took his swing last week, A.F.L.-C.l.O. President George Meany condemned the move as "punitive" and "unfair" because it did not restrain the rising price of land or materials, or limit profits. "Disappointing, inadequate and totally ineffective," said William E. Dunn, executive director of the Associated General Contractors of America. "The suspension may have some long-range results, but it will...
Late and Broke. The development problems quickly escalated beyond Rolls' calculations. To keep the engine's weight down. Rolls engineers planned to make the RB-211's fan blades out of lightweight carbon fibers. But the fibers could not stand the crunch when hail or birds were sucked into the 7-ft. fans. Last April, Rolls managers decided to keep working on the fibers but to forge the fan blades for the first few engines from titanium; this meant that they had two expensive development programs going. As time to deliver the engines ran short, Rolls started...