Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...composite contingency plan assumes a cutoff in oil to the West because of another Middle East war, an Arab oil embargo and a White House command to the U.S. military to lift the embargo. At this order, two massive U.S. strike groups would get under way. One would move through the Strait of Malacca, across the Indian Ocean and into the Persian Gulf. It would include carriers whose jets would secure air control, and ships carrying at least a division of Marines (15,000 men). The second force would include two brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division...
...Saturday, Yasunaga had another fine outing in blanking his 126-pound Quaker opponent, Randy Reedy. Tom Bixby at 150 combined with Bruce Johnson to pin their Quaker opponents to lift the Crimson from a 3-10 deficit to a 15-13 lead...
...made him vice chairman and chief executive officer. Scott wants to improve A. & P.'s "slipping image" among shoppers, partly by building many new stores. He will probably ditch the WEO slogan, which he does not like, but still keep markups low. Yet he also hopes to lift A. &P.'s profit margin, which now hovers at less than half its traditional level of 1? on every dollar. Scott reckons that earnings should start to improve within a year. Just to play safe, however, he asked for-and got- a five-year contract...
...move to the IAB was a tremendous psychological lift for us; the team has taken its training much more seriously," she said...
...plane approached the speed of sound in steep dives, the air would begin piling up along the leading edges of its wings, creating shock waves that reduced lift and sent the craft out of control. Johnson's innovative solution: the addition of a braking flap on the underside of the wings. When the flap was lowered, it smoothed the flow of air and restored control. To overcome the P-38's heavy "stick loads" or stiffness of controls during high-speed maneuvers, he was equally creative: he introduced hydraulic boosters like those now used in power steering...