Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beach at Normandy, Parker commanded four boatloads of rowers to take the rock. While Al Shealey and Co, were showing off their painting skills, freshman coach Ted Washburn was holding opposing Yale forces at bay. Action actually got a little hot and heavy with near fisticuffs resulting (Washburn's launch suffered a broken windshield from a frustrated and defeated...
...assault. The amphibious brigade from the 3rd Marine Division had been flown aboard an Air Force C-141 transport from Okinawa to Utapao, over the protests of the Thai government, which had been trying to head off trouble with the neighboring Cambodians by refusing the U.S. permission to launch attacks from Thailand. Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj of Thailand ordered the Marines to leave by Thursday morning or face unspecified "serious and damaging" circumstances. Meanwhile, the Holt and the Wilson had closed in on Koh Tang; the Coral Sea was still more than one day's steaming away, but its fighters...
...Korean peninsula," noted a resolution adopted last week by the [South] Korean Newspaper Association. North Korean Dictator Kim II Sung has done nothing to alleviate the South's fears; in Peking last month he warned that "we are prepared for war. We will not hesitate to launch even war for the revolution in South Korea...
There was never a question of too many chefs spoiling the mousseline. True, Bocuse had to send a launch to Sardinia for fresh parsley, and all the chefs had to get used to the ship's electric stove. Nonetheless, though accustomed to serving small gatherings (80 at most) from a nearby kitchen, the superstars quickly adjusted to mass-feeding with unfamiliar equipment from labyrinthine kitchens as far as seven decks below. The only near disaster came at lunch the first day, when the company hurled itself upon the buffet tables like famished refugees. (Thereafter, lunch was served at guests...
Last week in Moscow, the astronauts expressed confidence that the joint mission would take place. They noted that the Soviets had two Soyuz craft ready at the space center, one a stand-by that would be launched if the first had technical difficulties. The astronauts also discovered some basic differences between the U.S. and Soviet launch techniques. Unlike U.S. rockets, which are restrained on the ground until close to maximum thrust is developed, Russian launch vehicles leave the pad as soon as they have achieved the minimum thrust needed for liftoff. Also Soviet rockets are aimed to go into orbit...