Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ONCE again the earth will tremble for miles around. Once again tongues of flame will spill across Cape Kennedy's Pad 39A. Once again a mighty rocket will lift into the sky. But, if all goes according to plan, this week's scheduled blast-off of Apollo 17 will be remarkably different from past launches. It will take place at night, turning dark into daylight at the cape, presenting a fiery spectacle that may be seen by millions of people from Cuba to as far north as the Carolinas. The magnificent display will serve as a fitting farewell...
Stolen Goods, Gems Lifted from the Masters; The Outrageous Dr. Teleny's Incredible Plugged-in Orchestra (Zack Laurence conducting; RCA quadradisc, $5.98). The cover of this album shows a James Bond type suspended by rope above an alarm-rigged floor making a heist of some bejeweled busts of the great composers. The first track is called The People, Yes, and turns out to be Chopin's Revolutionary Etude done up in the sex and violence of an 007 film's sound track. Ludwig's Gig is a lush snippet from Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony; Superjoy...
...last week, the Federal Communications Commission took an action that will help to buttress the U.S. stock market, prop up capital spending and hold down interest charges. When AT&T rates and profits rise, many things happen in the broader realm of business. First, AT&T stock gets a lift; because it is the most widely held issue of all-3,750,000 investors directly own 549 million shares-a rise in "telephone" tends to give a psychological impetus to the whole market. Second, the company can more easily draw upon earnings to finance expansion and modernization...
...pitch, the pledge to try to relieve local property taxes. Trying to hold down the current federal budget under $250 billion, Nixon is expected to operate the national economy at less than its full capacity, thus countering inflation at the risk of higher unemployment. This might enable him to lift wage and price controls, but he is not likely to do so until after the period of heavy labor bargaining next year, when many major contracts expire...
...Foster blazed by Brown to lift Harvard to solitary possession of third place in the Ivy League football tankings Dartmouth retained its hold on the top position and Yale and Penn both won to share second place in furious action in the Ivy title race Saturday...