Word: mountains
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...were some indications that it may have crashed somewhere on the way to its target over the southern, or panhandle, part of North Viet Nam. U.S. pilots speculated that the F-l 11, which sweeps in at treetop level on bombing runs, may have run into a hill or mountain. Not surprisingly, the Air Force slapped on a tight security blackout. Since the plane is crammed with the very latest navigational and other electronic gear, the U.S. did not want to let the enemy know whether it fell over the North or in Communist-held portions of Laos. The Pentagon...
...radar," which automatically adjusts the plane's altitude to accord with the topography, is supposed to enable the plane to hug the ground while flying at a speed of 900 m.p.h. and thus dash in below the enemy radar net. If the first F-111 did hit a mountain, it was probably due to a malfunction in the terrain radar. The Russians, who have been experimenting with a swing-wing plane of their own, would learn a great deal if they could retrieve parts...
Modeling Dough. What causes the stress in the plane of a Rouse belt, resulting in quakes, volcanism and mountain building? In the Mines Magazine, the Colorado scientists suggest that both interplanetary and glactic magnetic fields interact with the earth's magnetic field, thus tugging on the earth's iron core. But the core is prevented from responding to extraterrestrial magnetic pull by the inertia of the rotating mantle that surrounds it. The resulting conflict sets up stresses in the boundary between the mantle and the core that are released in planes tangent to the core...
...already at work on a sequel, to be titled Numquam. "The whole is based on a passage from Petronius," he explains, "which talks about now or never, nunc ant numquam. In the old days, the passage says, the women would mess themselves up and go on top of the mountain and pray for rain, and believe in it, and say, 'Now or Never,' and the rain would come. In the modern age, we don't believe we can move Heaven any more." Durrell's hero learns...
...motor trip," citizen mail to editors and legislators ran as much as 30-to-l in favor of the ban. Crucial to the passage the bill was the support by the host of organizations most dependent on out-of-state visitors, including the Vermont Ski Operators and the Green Mountain Motel Association. In fact, the Stowe Area Association, even before the signing of the bill, began voluntarily by removing its 200-odd billboards scattered throughout the state...