Word: ironclad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even more disturbing in some quarters than the magnitude of the marijuana traffic is the fact that a plane as large as a DC-7 can penetrate the U.S. from the south totally undetected by military air-defense systems. Concedes NORAD's Del Kindschi: "The defense is not ironclad. It's possible for a single low-flying aircraft to fly under our radar capabilities." NORAD is developing an "over-the-horizon" radar with greater capability for spotting low planes but, for general operational use, the system may be years away. Radar beamed from sophisticated AWACS (Airborne Warning...
When will the Mediterranean madness end? On Sunday night, Sept. 3. So far, all attempts to alter the ironclad European attitude toward July and August vacations have failed. Meanwhile a recent poll commissioned by the Paris daily Le Figaro has shown that workers would rather have more vacation than the equivalent extra pay-something that has ominous implications for the Med in the future and also for anyone trying to get a hotel room on its shores...
While Kuhn was invoking legal intangibles, the 18 electors on the Old Timers Committee were waiving the ironclad rule that a player must have competed in the big leagues for at least ten seasons to be voted into the Hall. Joss died of spinal meningitis in 1911 after having pitched for the Cleveland Indians for only nine seasons. The committee decided to ignore the letter of the law in Joss's case, in view of Addie's credentials. His career earned-run average of 1.88 is the second lowest of all time. In 1907 he won 27 games while losing...
...explanation as unconvincing. There were a number who blamed Con Ed's own defects and described with pride the superior safety features of their own systems. Yet on closer consideration, few power executives were willing to say flatly-and publicly-that they could offer ironclad security against the same sort of failure...
...prove any particular theory about these people and do not have any ironclad generalizations to offer about pre-professionalism at Harvard. But some conclusions could be reached about the different fields. Students interested in medicine, for example, on the whole made their career choices much earlier than others. Many pre-meds cited their high school biology and chemistry teachers as important influences in their eventual decisions. Others with fathers who are doctors had favorite childhood impressions of their fathers' jobs. Potential lawyers decided somewhat later than the pre-meds about their choice of profession. Some of these students insist that...