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...plastic cups, Skipper Geib sounded off with pride, "This is a helluva boat," and flung a challenge to the current hot boat on the saltwater circuit. Bermuda Racewinner Finisterre. Said he: "What with Finisterre and Figaro, a lot of people are saying that the day of the keel boat is over-that the centerboarders are the new thing. I'd like to see Finisterre come out here and race on the Great Lakes. I think we could give her a run for her money. Sure, bring on Finisterre...
...School continued on an even keel for 30 years, still leading the field in making changes, but making no change so radical that it was not soon followed by other institutions. In 1917, Harvard boosted to four years the course for the Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree, and in 1925 the Dental School established two years of college study as a prerequisite for admission...
While in the air the pilot still has his oxygen supply and air pressure, as well as protection from cold. If he happens to land in water, the capsule floats, and a stabilizing weight (the airplane's battery) is lowered to give it a heavy keel and make it reasonably seaworthy...
...those who only threaten it, the latter are actually the more "disturbed," in the psychiatric sense, by guilt, aggression, irritability and agitation. Those who try it may be more withdrawn, but it often seems that the mere attempt has helped to get them temporarily back on an even emotional keel...
...expects the economy to expand as fast as it did in 1955," commented Professor Wassily Leontieff, "but there is no reason why it should not stay at an even keel. The balanced budget without a reduction in taxes is a good sign...