Word: fleeting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offensive lineman gets stepped on, forearm shivered, pushed around by men outweighing him 40-50 Ibs. On top of all this, he can't use his hands to defend himself. And besides, the girls and sportswriters always look at the fleet footed backs first...
...Japan itself, the brief meeting between Hirohito and Nixon will overshadow the rest of the itinerary. Never have a U.S. President and a Japanese Emperor met in the 117 years since Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet of U.S. "black ships" opened feudal Japan to the West. Dwight Eisenhower nearly made it to Japan in 1960, but massive demonstrations by anti-American students in Tokyo forced Ike to turn back. Initially, the plans for the Emperor's tour called for no presidential appearance at Anchorage. Tentatively, Mrs. Nixon or Julie and David Eisenhower were being considered to meet the royal couple...
...part of the arrangement the CIA chartered airline, Air America, several years ago donated a small fleet of aircraft, including both Dakotas and helicopters, to the Prince, according to authoritative sources here. The CIA has used the planes in Southern Laos under the cover of the name "Boun Oum Airlines". In return Boun Oum has received a substantial income for "leasing" the aircraft to Air America...
Princeton-Columbia--The Tigers are right on schedule. Having lost (embarassingly) to a poor team before a large Princeton opening crowd last weekend, Princeton should be ready to win big away from home. The Tigers' ought to rent out Palmer Stadium and buy a fleet of busses. Rod Plummer passed for over 300 yards last Saturday. He will never pass for 100 yards again. But without Columbia's All-American Mike Pyszczymucha, the Columbia announcers and the Princeton running game will have a field day. Princeton 20, Columbia...
...Admiral Karl Donitz, 80, who is well remembered for his short-lived stint as Chief of State in Germany after Adolf Hitler's death, is not happy about his place in history. Interviewed in the German magazine Die Welt, the semi-deaf "Big Lion" of the Nazi war fleet talked about what he considers his real accomplishments: "I was able to prevent 1,850,000 German soldiers from falling into Russian hands. Historians even claim 3,000,000 were saved. My position would be different were I not considered the political successor of Hitler...