Word: reared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stage of the project, code-named "Nimbus Star," the Sea Stallions will be working with British minesweepers to locate the thousands of shells, rockets and bombs that fell into the canal during the 1967 and 1973 wars and the 1969-70 "war of attrition." Commanding the operation is U.S. Rear Admiral Brian McCauley, 52, who directed the American minesweeping of Haiphong harbor. He explained that helicopters will sweep for magnetic, acoustic and pressure mines and also "fashion a map of the canal's bed to show us where all the junk is. During the second stage, called 'Nimbus...
Harvard earned the right to go to the championships by capturing first place in a tournament held at Brown University last weekend. In the first two matches the water poloists unleased a barrage of quick shots and rear-backs, and demolished hapless RPI and the Philadelphia Athletic Club, 10-3 and 8-3 respectively...
...meeting on Saturday, the foreign ministers of Argentina and Peru called for an end to the 12-year-old boycott. The Chilean foreign minister, Rear Admiral Ismael Diuz, asked that the boycott be maintained. He argued that "Castroism constitutes a danger for peace and security of the continent...
...Woodward needed to see Deep Throat, the reporter would send a signal by moving a flower pot with a red flag in it to the rear of his apartment balcony; by prearrangement the two would then meet about 2 a.m. in an underground garage. If Deep Throat wanted to set up a meeting, he would send a message via Woodward's morning copy of the New York Times; on the lower corner of page 20, clock hands would be drawn to indicate the time of the rendezvous. Woodward says he never figured out how Deep Throat got hold...
After weeks of investigation, French and U.S. officials believe that they have pinned down the cause of history's worst air disaster: the March 3 crash of a Turkish Airlines DC-10 just outside Paris that killed 346 people. An improperly sealed rear cargo door burst open in midair, and the loss of pressure in the cargo hold caused the plane's still-pressurized passenger cabin to buckle downward into the cargo compartment (see diagram). Passengers began spilling out of the plane, control cables to the rudder and stabilizers were fouled, and the plane crashed into a forest...