Word: nosedives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Undetected by hostile radarscopes, a flock of Blackbirds began flying at 85,000 ft. over the Caribbean last week, their sooty titanium skins glowing cherry red from air friction as they hit top speeds in excess of 2,000 m.p.h. The planes were Lockheed's needle-nosed SR-71s...
Martin had entered the game just minutes earlier, replacing Annie MacMillan, who started at centerforward. Coach Edie MacAusland moved MacMillan, normally a back, to the front line to inject some hard-nosed play around the net.
It is now certain that the dispute is going to have a serious impact on U.S. foreign policy, on the Administration, and on the political future of Jimmy Carter. Nothing the President manages to work out short of outright capitulation by the Soviets is likely to mollify the hard-nosed...
As soon as the tail cone ripped away, the airliner lost cabin pressure rapidly. Oxygen masks popped down from overhead racks immediately, and the pilot nosed the craft down to an altitude where decompression would not injure the passengers.
That methodical ball control seems to symbolize a more widespread change in the Harvard ranks. Flashy, glorious Larry Brown is out; so is superback Ralph Pollilio. Instead you have hard--nosed Paul Connors and scrappy St. John. These are not superstars. Harvard doesn't have a superstar coming into 1979...