Word: knotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Diamond's rockets passed through the 125-knot "jet stream," which boots airliners along from west to east some 35,000 ft. above the earth. Far above that, they found a speedier "upper jet stream," which reversed its direction with the changing seasons. During the fall and winter, it zooms out of the west at some 150 knots. In spring and summer, it slows to 100 knots and drives from east to west...
...platform jutting from a sheer, null gorge in the Zagros Mountains, the Shah of Iran picked up a ceremonial telephone and spoke an order. Seconds later, tons of water from the Ab-i-Diz River below crashed through sluice gates and began turning giant dynamos. A knot of Cabinet ministers, diplomats and engineers burst into hat-waving cheers as. down in the canyon, electricity began flowing into Moslem villages that had never before known the magic of plug-in power...
...dodged newsmen in The Netherlands, Henry Ford II, 45, must have had something big in the works. A new auto design for Europe? Nope. A new yacht for Ford? Yes! Under construction at a Hague shipyard, the 100-ft. yacht has twin diesels for 18-knot cruising speed, a saltwater conversion plant, sumptuous guest cabins, and a master's suite with an Italian terrazzo-tile bath fitted with gold taps. Rumored cost: close to $700,000. "If one of my friends gets details about this boat," Ford told his builders, "he'll immediately order a bigger, faster, more...
...final decision of the directors should he made by late March according to McLaughlin. "We have to cut the Gordian Knot pretty soon; those bidders have had plenty of time by now," he said...
Since over half of the undergraduates from California live in the San Francisco area, and more than 4000 come from one county alone, many students find it easy to stay within their knot of previous acquaintances...