Word: feated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flying to Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Seattle-Tacoma's record for on-time departures, currently 87%, falls short of the performance of such fair-weather airports as Dallas-Fort Worth and Phoenix, which often top 90%. But Sea-Tac is consistently above the national average, not an easy feat in the sometimes foggy Pacific Northwest...
...while residential conservation is desirable, it cannot accommodate the West's urban growth. To save enough water for their projected 33% population leap over the next two decades, Californians would have to cut per-person consumption by one-third, an unprecedented feat of discipline by U.S. standards...
...Harvard crew Coach Harry Parker has finally accomplished that difficult feat. The 26-year coach's top heavyweight boat defeated Northeastern for the national title in the Cincinnati Regatta on June...
...Like another mathematician before him, Archimedes, he reckoned that with a place to stand on he could move the earth. And so he did. His early release in 1986 as a result of international pressure and his triumphant arrival in Israel were understood by millions as just such a feat...
...Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, which today includes such luminaries as Astronomer Carl Sagan, Nobel Laureate Physicist Murray Gell-Mann and Psychologist B.F. Skinner. As CSICOP's point man, Randi sought out TV producers and editors and demonstrated that he could duplicate Geller's feats simply by using distraction and sleight of hand. Geller soon came a cropper. During a disastrous 22-minute appearance on the Tonight show, he failed to perform a single feat; Carson's staff, consulting with Randi, had set up safeguards against cheating...