Word: helm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Relations between British Tory Leader Margaret Thatcher and her ousted predecessor, Ted Heath, are as frosty as ever, but the two Conservatives do have one thing in common. Both like to be photographed in yachting hats at the helm of a boat. Ocean-Racer Heath, however, need fear no competition from Thatcher, who last week on holiday was content to be aboard the twin-engine Melita on the placid canals of Brittany. "It really is so important to keep a boat tidy," counseled the Tories' First Lady. "Any housewife will tell you, the smaller the space, the more important...
...time when Onassis enterprises are suffering from an overstock of tankers and a decline in oil shipments, Christina has acted quickly to enlist help at the helm. Even before her marriage, she had taken steps to challenge her late father's will, which left her 49% of the Onassis empire. She deposited the document for probate in Greece, though the family's financial headquarters are located elsewhere. Her goal: to gain the 50% of the estate usually awarded by Greek law to a sole surviving child...
...world alone from 1895 to 1898. The solitary skipper of a spanking new sloop called the Oxy will find his life at sea far easier than Slocum's when he sails in a singlehanded race across the Atlantic next year. If he wants to relax and leave the helm, all he will have to do is flip a switch on an electronic self-steering device; day or night, an array of dials on an instrument panel will tell if he is getting the best performance out of his boat. Small, hand-held computers will zip through calculations that cost...
...season Dick Toomey, former freshman coach elevated to the varsity helm shortly after last season's unsuccessful siege of Watson, has done away with the Big Bad Bruin image. He skated a well-mannered, disciplined squad of honest-to-goodness hockey players, that looked a whole lot better than the 6-3 score they lost to Harvard...
...demonstration won strong support from the French Maritime Union, which staged a two-day sympathy strike and brought out thousands of demonstrators who marched along the quais of Le Havre shouting "Giscard at the helm, France is sinking,"-a parody of the President's successful campaign slogan "Giscard at the helm...