Word: lift
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...charts call MRCS, or major regional conflicts. The National Security Agency, which eavesdrops on real and potential enemies around the world, is retiring Russian speakers to make room for specialists in Farsi and Swahili. One of the few categories of procurement that are growing is air- and sea-lift transports so the U.S. can rush troops to the scene of an MRC -- or perhaps to two scenes at once. For example, North Korea might attack the South just when the U.S. is preoccupied with a new flare-up in the Persian Gulf...
Keels, fins and rudders require more complicated tests. With the help of companies such as Boeing and Digital, designers perform wind-tunnel experiments using special computer codes that help show lift and drag forces on the keel. Shapes of keels now vary widely, from the basic lead-filled bulb at the end of a fin to the hydrodynamic "winged" keel, a Y-shaped structure that has less underwater drag and more lift. The latest design: a tandem keel that combines the rudder and keel fin and eliminates the need for a separate rudder. Developed in shipyards with great secrecy...
There is no guarantee that Arazi will continue his winning ways. As Sheik Mohammed points out, "He could get a headache or a cold and lose, as other great horses have." Yet extending his string of victories would not only bring glory but give a lift to the depressed international racing industry. Track attendance -- and prices at horse auctions -- have been hit hard in both the U.S. and Europe. If Arazi can take the two Derbies or the Triple Crown, his triumph will reflect on all of racing, a sport that requires superstars at least as much as the movie...
...gold-rush mentality is taking shape among many black businessmen. Dinkins, who established a warm rapport with Nelson Mandela during the South African leader's trip to New York two years ago, has lately been meeting with other African National Congress officials to discuss when the city should lift its sanctions. The move could come in two to three weeks...
...they do. People lift each other up, are buoyed up onto the surface of the crowd, then sink back. Kowalcyzk steps off the stage and lolls around on the human pool, seeming to float weightlessly on his back. He grins at the teenagers who carpet his way back to the stage as he crawls over them...