Word: pioneering
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...hybrid aircraft made up of four Sikorsky SH-34J helicopters attached to a helium-filled blimp, the Heli-Stat was the brainchild of Frank Piasecki, 66, a pioneer in helicopter development. Patented in 1961, the Heli-Stat could not find a sponsor until 1979, when Piasecki received backing from the U.S. Forest Service to build a vehicle for lifting lumber from remote forests. But development costs ballooned from an original estimate of $6.7 million to over $31 million, and the Heli-Stat managed to fly successfully for the first time only last April. The latest Lakehurst disaster may take...
Good cases have been made for locating his origins in the boot steps of the lonesome pioneer. Robert B. Parker, creator of Spenser, a private investigator so sure of himself that he needs only one name, even wrote a Ph.D. thesis on the subject. According to the traditional ideal, to survive with dignity on the American frontier required a touch of ruthlessness and a personal code of honor. "When the wilderness disappeared at the end of the 19th century," says Parker, the hero "became a man, alone, facing an urban wilderness." A more precise definition of the breed came naturally...
Still, the Connection Machine has some powerful supporters, among them M.I.T.'s Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in artificial-intelligence research, and Claude Shannon, the father of the statistical theory of information. By last week Hillis' company had taken orders for seven of its new computers, ranging in price from $1 million to $3 million: two each from M.I.T., Perkin-Elmer and DARPA, and one from Yale University...
...pioneer lottery has received less than an outpouring of praise. Two-thirds of the veteran proctors called the revisions overall "harmful" in a University poll, conducted after the lottery had been completed. One proctor added on the poll, "If this is an attempt to reduce anxiety level, I would say that it's not working. If it's a distraction from academics and the weather, it's working...
...only since January. Its clients, like those of many spas now, often arrive in good shape. "Many people are not coming to lose weight," notes Director Susan Power. "They're coming for maintenance and fine-tuning." And relief from stress. With that in mind, Cal-a-Vie is a pioneer in trying to add a European flavor to its U.S.-style exercise and dietary programs. Europe's spas, which date back to the Roman Empire, still favor mudbaths and water therapy, and Cal-a-Vie offers three Continental treatments that relax and help detoxify the body. The piece de resistance...