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DIED. Robert E. Dixon, 75, retired rear admiral who as a Navy pilot in World War II radioed the famous message, "Scratch one flattop," that signaled the sinking of the first Japanese carrier by American warplanes; of cancer; in Virginia Beach, Va. In May 1942 Dixon commanded dive-bomber squadron V52 when 93 American planes attacked the light carrier Shoho during the Battle of the Coral...
...standards now in force require both front and rear bumpers to be able to tolerate a 5-m.p.h. thud without damage to the car body and with only minor dings in the bumper. Safety is not affected much one way or the other at such low speeds, but car owners say that the better bumpers lead to fewer, and smaller, repair bills. Insurance companies argue that as a result, collision coverage rates for drivers are as much as 20% lower than they would otherwise be. The NHTSA itself evaluated the cost effectiveness of its standard twice under the Carter Administration...
Even aesthetic and creature comforts are not ignored. An "armoured command vehicle" called Sultan has "a spacious penthouse mounted at the rear," and there is a Vickers division specializing in the interior decoration of warships...
...apparently thinking that the assault was part of the show. Sadat rose as if preparing to salute the onrushing men. As the truth bore in with each relentless round of fire, the sounds of frightened screams and crashing chairs exploded, and the crowd stampeded for the exits at the rear. Sadat was struck by bullets or fragments. Others fell around him. "I pulled the President down, and someone else tried to shield him with a couple of chairs," Abu Ghazala said later. "I felt the bullets flying all around me. I could feel the heat of them. Twice I thought...
Conceivably, the new quarterback's troubles may have been a result of just entering the game and not having a chance to get acquainted with center Gene Edwards' rear quarters. One observer guessed that Fusco had probably been intently studying the films of the Harvard-Army game all week, and was trying to duplicate the success Ron Cuccia had using a fumble to roll out wide and then throw a left-handed pass. Whatever the reason, Blackman had seen enough after two fumbles...