Word: fasts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Christmas gift for each of the men in South Viet Nam's 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, based just south of the Demilitarized Zone. It was the lightweight, fast-firing M-16 rifle, which packs far more punch than the older and heavier weapons that the ARVN (for Army of the Republic of Viet Nam) troopers had been carrying. The 1st Regiment soon had a chance to use them. During the Christmas truce, its scouts spotted a large North Vietnamese force moving into the Quang Tri coastal flats. As soon as the truce had ended, the ARVN moved...
...Fast Exit. "To do what we did on the Forum," adds Architect Luckman, "would have been impossible in New York." He should know, since he is also the architect for New York's new Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment Center, part of a $150 million construction project that has presented problems of both space and timing. To make room for the new Madison Square Garden, the fourth in the city's history, as well as an adjacent 29-story office building, the superstructure of cavernous Pennsylvania Station had to be demolished and all its facilities moved underground...
...most consistent phenomenon of U.S. airlines has long been their remarkable expansion. The industry has grown an average of 14% a year since 1950, nearly twice as fast as runner-up electric utilities. In the year just ended, the airlines outdid themselves. Operating revenues rose 23% to $7 billion, and traffic gained 25% to 100 billion revenue passenger miles (the number of paying passengers multiplied by the distance flown). Yet the faster the airlines grow, the more they must strain for funds to finance tomorrow. Pan American World Airways last week obtained $180 million through 25-year notes placed with...
Bamburak completed a hat trick and Dave Kartio and Gary Brandt put in two goals apiece for the fast-skating Sioux. Curran made 27 saves, as did Direcks...
...demonstration with those on previous evenings say there was "no detectable increase." Oscar Handlin, in Vietnam to entertain the troops, says that a panel of moderate cryptologists has cracked the Vietnamese code. He reveals that Ho Chi Minh has suffered a near-fatal skiing accident and is sinking fast...