Word: hold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...runway, the pylon wiggled and vibrated far more than normal. Why is not yet known; the cracks in the plate may have caused-or been caused by-the vibration. In any case, the stress snapped the rear "attach" bolt and it fell out. The remaining bolts could not hold the 20 tons of thrust being generated by the General Electric CF6 engine. It yanked itself and the pylon loose from the wing and took...
...crash has raised troubling questions about the DC-10 design. Is the pylon basically strong enough to hold the engine on under the stresses of takeoff? If not, how should it be modified? And how much might McDonnell Douglas have to pay for it? (A new pylon costs approximately...
...students the constitutional right to "due process." The committee wrote a letter to President Bok requesting an open meeting to discuss the Ad Board. Bok referred the request to Dean Fox, chairman of the Ad Board, who, after discussion with the board, decided to ask each senior tutor to hold meetings with students in each House...
...University liability. Assembly members retorted they were not responsible to the University. Out of this controversy grew the assembly resolution to seek provisional recognition from Harvard. Assembly members also plan to rent a train to take Harvard students to the Yale game in New Haven next year, and to hold a concert by a major rock star in Soldiers Field...
...women's advocate faces a formidable workload at Harvard. Affirmative action has barely made inroads into the ranks of senior faculty, where only 11 women hold tenured posts--less than 3 per cent of the number of full professors. The Faculty also needs to develop more courses about women and to incorporate more material about women into its existing courses...