Word: mishaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the new ruling military junta had feared trouble on May Day, the day of traditional celebration of workers' solidarity passed without mishap. Car horns in the capital honked the happy rhythm of "Spín-Spín-Spínola" to honor the head of the junta, General António de Spínola, 64, and 200,000 people jammed a soccer stadium to hear speeches by leftist leaders newly returned from exile. THANK YOU, ARMED FORCES, read one banner paraded in the stadium. The only somber note was the continued hunt for members...
...picture. The chestnut colt took a disliking to the sloppy going that day, loped around in last place most of the way and almost fell after stumbling just past the finish line. Trainer Johnny Campo's horse now has a swollen knee to contend with because of the mishap...
...after releasing 102 passengers. Turkish airline officials, mindful of the fact that a number of antigovernment terrorists had been arrested near Paris last December, were convinced that "an explosion" had occurred. Investigators from the U.S., France and Britain, however, were struck by similarities to an American Airlines DC-10 mishap in June 1972. That plane, en route from Buffalo to Detroit, suffered major damage when a cargo hatch blew off at 11,750 ft. The resulting rapid decompression buckled the cabin floor, thus disrupting control cables. The crew was able to land the plane at Detroit with only...
Despite that mishap, the multiple Mars mission may well be successful. According to the Russians, Mars 4 came within 1,400 miles of Mars, close enough to take an undisclosed number of pictures. Furthermore, the two remaining probes-Mars 6 and 7-have yet to make then" rendezvouswith the planet...
Munro said he felt Harvard had dominated play in the first half and was gaining momentum when the mishap occured. In the first half Maronpot faced six shots by the Crimson...