Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What is it about this rather innocent contraption that can lead crowds to cheer its defeat or induce lightweight oarsman Bill Chapman to respond to its mere mention with a vehement "I hate fuckin' ergs...
...advantage in deliverable nuclear bombs and warheads. Soviet improvements of nuclear delivery systems could wipe out the American advantage. Reason: the very powerful Soviet rockets, especially the SS-9, SS-18 and SS-19, are capable of launching more individual warheads than can the relatively lightweight U.S. Minuteman III missiles...
...American Spruance-class destroyers from six ships to four. The Shah is also said to be reconsidering his informal decisions to buy the U.S. AW ACS system (a Boeing 707 packed with strategic electronic gear), a new Air Force cargo plane called the YC-15 and 300 F-16 lightweight Air Force fighter planes...
Harvard's effort will be hampered, however, by the absence of standout lightweight Milt Yasunaga (126 lbs.), who is out of action with a knee injury, and Tom Bixby (150 lbs.), who broke his collar bone last week against Yale...
...rest of the lightweight matches, Harvard's hopes to build an early lead were fulfilled. Milt Yasunaga (126 lbs.) triumphed, 5-3, in a hard-fought match. Bull Mulvihill (134 lbs.) fell behind, 4-2, narrowly escaped being pinned, then rallied...