Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity lightweight race the Crimson crew had little trouble finishing a length in front of Navy, with M.I.T. third, to win the Haines Trophy. The time for the race over the mile and five-sixteenths course was 6:59.6. Last week, against M.I.T. alone, the varsity rowed the course under rougher conditions...
...mission as unique as its name. Made of fiber glass, the Goose can be fitted with radar reflectors to make it resemble almost any craft including a B-52 Stratofortress or a B58 Hustler, thus decoy enemy defense away from the real bombers. The Goose will have a lightweight, 2,000-lb.-thrust J83 engine, also a Fairchild development. Fortnight ago the J83 passed its Air Force qualification test, and now the Goose is ready for a production contract that the Air Force will only say will amount to "many millions." Nor is the Goose the only fowl in Fairchild...
...were not enough to see the company through the postwar readjustment. Operating out of a trophy-filled office resembling the living room of a big-game hunter, which he is, Dick Boutelle's first move was to stalk any idea that promised a profit. He toyed with a lightweight train, a gasoline-filled glider as an aerial tanker, even a mechanically operated wild-turkey caller. "We'd even make corsets if we saw a profit," said Boutelle...
...difference between the grand old German guidebook and Fielding is the difference between the portemanteau and the lightweight aluminum suitcase, the wary Culture-Vulture and the fun-loving American Skimmer. Where Baedeker led the reader to every last statue, Fielding is apt to dismiss monuments ("The place is practically crawling with history") in favor of menus. Where Baedeker might discreetly warn of dangers abroad (beware of bedbugs), Fielding's personal, pithy and frank approach would make old Herr Baedeker blush. Is the traveler enticed by a sexy blonde in a continental nightspot? Fielding's warnings: 1) chances...
...lightweight crew celebrated its new status as a major sport with four resounding victories over M.I.T. on Saturday...