Word: radius
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rapprochement includes an immediate resumption of consular ties, restoration of air and sea links between London and Buenos Aires and the lifting of all financial restrictions between the two countries. Britain also removed its prohibition on Argentine merchant and fishing ships within a 150- mile radius of the Falklands and agreed to help Argentina repair economic links with the European Community...
...richest man, Sam Walton, and his relentless retailing march across the country. But Walton's new store, dropped in a field of asphalt (one of 1,400 in his discount empire) will suck a bit more of the commercial life out of Greenfield and similar towns in the same radius. Another comfortable old building with arched windows and high ceilings may have to be padlocked. Not so long ago they were all open, and the square filled up on Saturday night, when neighbors came to buy and gossip. Prices were less important then than people. A caring society thrived there...
...Kent port of Deal in southeastern England housed young recruits, some only 16 years old, who were training for the famed Royal Marines marching band. Last week their music was silenced in a deafening explosion that leveled one of the barracks and rattled houses within a two- mile radius. The toll: ten dead, 22 injured. British Defense Secretary Tom King called the blast an "appalling outrage against young army bandsmen who work for charity and who have given great enjoyment to millions across the country...
Even when Hector Tabarez, 25, keeps the windows rolled up as he drives his 1985 chocolate brown Nissan pickup, his reputation precedes him. Anyone within a several-block radius can hear Tabarez coming, for he drives what is known as a "boom car." The auto mechanic from Gardena, Calif., spent $8,000 to install the vehicle's current stereo system, which comprises a deluxe Alpine 7902 compact-disc player, two heavy-duty Orion amplifiers and 32 speakers. His rig can deliver a bone-jarring 144 decibels of sound. "I just got carried away," he admits...
...some of the old tactics remain valid. "Pilots still like to have the sun at their back," explains Kurt Schroeder, the chief test pilot of Grumman Corp., which makes the Tomcat. "The speeds and altitudes, turning radius and weapons have changed dramatically, but the basic maneuvers are still very similar to World War I." So too is a pilot's need for fast thinking. "Aviation by its very nature frequently requires very quick assessments, judgments and actions," says Schroeder. "And the penalty for making the wrong decision is severe...