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...designed to replace the venerable B-52, which has been the U.S. Air Force's mainstay long-range bomber for nearly 20 years. Two-thirds the size of the B-52, the new 400,000-lb. aircraft carries twice the payload and takes off in half the runway space that the B-52 needs, and it flies faster at high altitudes, reaching twice the speed of sound. With greater maneuverability and retractable wings, it is designed to zoom in under enemy radar scans and attack at treetop level while still flying at nearly supersonic speed...
...partner in nearly all private drilling ventures. The government flatly forbids drilling north of the 62nd parallel, where most of the nation's 30,000 fishermen live and work. The fishermen fear that oil spills and giant rigs will destroy their fishing banks. Besides being the mainstay of the nation's economic prosperity-at least until the oil boom-the fishermen represent a potent political force. Their displeasure could easily cost Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli his razor-thin coalition majority in the 1977 election...
Scott Meadow will be at 167 pounds while Jim Strathmeyer will be featured at 177. B.U. co-captain Mark Jones in the most competitive match of the day. Crimson mainstay Bart VanDissel and the mammoth Kip Smith will command the 190 and heavyweight classes respectively...
...commission in the October fighting. The Israelis were able, however, to repair 300 of them; in addition, they captured 420 tanks from the Arab armies and have received 450 more from the U.S. The net gain: 330. Another 600 are on order from the U.S. The U.S. M60, mainstay of the Israeli tank force, proved itself to be superior to even the Soviet T-62 in accuracy, gun range and shell penetration. Equipped with computer range finders, the M-60 allowed the Israelis to make a high percentage of first-shot kills; the T-62 usually had to be shot...
Jiggetts was an All-Ivy selection at offensive tackle and a second-team All-New England last year as a sophomore. The 6 ft. 5 in. 265 pound Jiggetts was the mainstay of the Crimson offensive line this past season...