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Najib Attar Hilo, Hawaii...
Oyakawa would prefer to see the same low key approach to recruiting which brought him to Ohio State in fall of 1951. A late starter to age group swimming in Hawaii, the gifted backstroker swam for Hilo Aquatic Club before following a wave of talented aquamen to the mainland...
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...company chose the same Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines used in the Air Force's costly ($12 million) but cherished new McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle long-range fighter. The General Dynamics fighter thus meshes neatly with the concept now gaining popularity in the Pentagon of a "HiLo Mix" in weapons systems. In essence, the "mix" is an effort to make the really expensive items that the Defense Department wants (like the Eagle) more palatable to a skeptical Congress by pairing them with cheaper systems (like the YF-16) that use some of the same components and thus offer possible...
Some of the temporary effects were equally spectacular. Surging waves generated by the quake reached as high as 220 ft. above sea level near Valdez. Some 2,800 miles from the epicenter, at Hilo, Hawaii, the seismic sea wave caused the ocean to rise 121 ft. And in Antarctica, 8,445 miles away, the tsunami was recorded 221 hours after Alaska had shaken, having crossed the vast expanse of water at 430 m.p.h...