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...made from quarter-inch-thick panels of Hexcel honeycomb, a resin-coated, paper-like polymer, covered with graphite fibers embedded in epoxy. The panels weigh just 4 oz. per sq. ft. but have remarkable tensile strength; the ends of the craft's thin, 110-ft. single wing can flex up and down as much as 35 ft. without breaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Voyager's Triumph | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

...qualities to make an excellent freshman football coach," said Restic, the author of Harvard's complex multi-flex offensive system. "He has experience ;in our system, he's been through our program and he knows Harvard...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Former Football Star to Coach | 7/15/1986 | See Source »

...Flex your muscles, reload your...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: The Theatricals' Hasty Choice | 1/30/1986 | See Source »

...bellicose outcries are not meant seriously, then they are all the more inappropriate. Why flex muscles needlessly? Why stage noisy shows and transfer the methods of domestic political struggles to the relations between two nuclear powers? In them the language of strength is useless and dangerous. There is still time before the summit meeting, and quite a lot can be done for it to be constructive and useful. But this, as you will understand, depends on both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...again the Crimson multi flex attack failed to respond...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: After Two, It's Still 10-0 | 11/7/1984 | See Source »

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