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Word: fasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...radioed their base that the plane had been shot down. Eventually, reported Copilot Cha Soon Do, one of the interceptors reappeared ahead of the 707 in what seemed to be a "follow me" position. The Koreans tried to comply, but could not: the lead-footed Russian roared off too fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Aboard Flight 902: We Survived! | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

When Kodak plunged into the instant market two years ago, it seemed to have a chance to win top spot. Within a year it captured a third of the fast-growing market−but then went no higher. Polaroid came out with its $39.95 OneStep to challenge Kodak's identically priced Handle. Though both cameras were immediate successes, accounting for more than half of all instant-camera sales, the OneStep outsold the Handle by about 2 to 1. The OneStep has a motor that instantly ejects the print after exposure, while the Handle must be cranked before the print...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cameras That See by Sound | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson stickmen traveled to Amherst, ranked number one in New England, with visions of a top-ten national ranking and a place in the NCAA tournament dancing in their heads. Instead, the fast-improving Harvard squad will have to wait until next year...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Laxmen Rally in Late Going, But UMass Hangs On, 12-11 | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...plans to build a number of new nuclear plants; then--last week--the announcement of a sale of enriched uranium to India. Perhaps the best example, however, of the Carter administration's softening of its earlier stand on nuclear energy is in its attitude towards the liquid metal fast-breeder reactor and the deadly plutonium it employs. The story of the watering down of the anti-breeder position is a many-faceted one involving Executive-Congressional power struggles, the background and geographical origins of individuals involved in the dispute, and questions of illusion versus reality in the creation...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Breeder Politics | 5/5/1978 | See Source »

...right now and head for the Temple Walk at Suffolk University, where David Moss is scheduled to play at 1 p.m. Moss will do the Drum Song, and will use 100 different instruments in 90 minutes, and you get it all free. Moss moves from instrument to instrument so fast on the theory that a rolling Moss gathers no rock reviewers. (Sorry...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: We Warrened You | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

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