Word: grahams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people on San Francisco's piers 30-32, Dave Graham in his windbreaker resembled a small blue buoy. As BB-63 slowly eased to a berth, Graham was moving his arms briskly and systematically as if conducting an orchestra. Four stories up on the ship's signal deck, Chief Signalman Mike Kennedy took note. While others ogled the U.S.O. dancers on the dock, he broke out a small pair of blue and white pennants, known as papa flags, and returned to the rail. In his hands, the flags began to speak back. Before the final lines were secure, Kennedy...
...Missouri, apparently, will do that to men like Graham, who retired in 1971 after 30 years, and Kennedy and Davidson. The ship exerts a magnetism that is as much physical as historical. Up close, she's an awesome sight. Her three sets of 16-in. guns, tooled more than four decades ago, are still, in the age of Star Wars, compelling instruments of destruction. They will hurl a projectile that is the equivalent in weight of a compact pickup truck out over the horizon to a target 26 miles away. The two-year refitting also added long- range Tomahawk missiles...
...trusty Titan turning unreliable, America's ability to get satellites into orbit had been seriously impaired. But NASA looked with confidence to the workhorse Delta. It had flown successfully 43 consecutive times, including its last mission, on Nov. 13, 1984. "We need this satellite," said NASA Acting Administrator William Graham, "and we need to remind ourselves that we have had success in the space program...
Corcoran led all scorers with six goals and one assist. Also scoring for Harvard were Co-Captain Chris Pujols, Rufus Clark--with two goals each--and Tim McCaffrey, Steve Lux, and Dean Graham with one goal apiece...
...Graham's goal--his first of the season--was a beauty, as he took the ball the length of the field unaided...