Word: pound
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...shuttle operation back to earth, NASA would use rocket vehicles that are described as "lifting bodies." Some of them will have retractable "switchblade" wings and enough maneuverability for landings at airfields instead of in the ocean. Eventually, Administrator Paine also hopes to cut the cost of putting a pound into earth orbit from the current $500 to $50. To help achieve this breakthrough, NASA has three different rockets on its drawing boards: Tri-Maran (a reusable three-stage booster whose stages are mounted side by side instead of atop each other); Dixie Cup (with a low-cost, discardable, solid-fuel...
Britain's economy is considerably weaker than Jenkins admitted. Technically bankrupt, with foreign debts that greatly exceed its reserves of gold and foreign currencies, the country depends on international loans to support the pound. Sterling's devaluation 17 months ago was supposed to give Britain time to overcome its chronic trade deficit, the main source of its precarious financial condition. Instead, the country wound up with a 1968 trade deficit of $1.1 billion, and the red ink has continued to flow this year. Last week the Board of Trade reported a March trade deficit of $124.8 million...
...orthodox literary theory has been that there were two Hemingways: Ernest the Good and Ernest the Bad. Ernest the Good lived above a sawmill in Paris and worked night and day to become the best writer of his generation. With the help of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and the King James Bible, Ernest the Good learned to write books so true that, by his own definition, "after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: . . . the people and the places and how the weather...
Imrie's feat was even more impressive in that he was wrestling in the heavy-weight class instead of in his usual 191-pound spot. Imrie weighed in at the last moment 1/4-pound overweight because he did not have time to visit the nearest bathroom...
...finally lost in the quarterfinals when Big Ten Champ Jeff Smith of Michigan pinned him in 2:49. Smith went on to finish second in the tournament. The Harvard sophomore failed to finish in the top six as he dropped a 9-5 decision to Iowa State's 250-pound Wayne Beske...