Word: soundness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...simply enough: Loren Hardeman Sr., 86, founder of the Bethlehem Motor Co. back in the heroic days of car manufacturing, is tired of vegetating down in Florida. He wants to make his comeback by manufacturing "the Betsy," a sort of Model T cum Volkswagen for the '70s, ecologically sound, energy conserving, sensible. He hires a stud race-car driver, one Angelo Perino (Tommy Lee Jones), to honcho the project back at the factory, sneaking it by Loren Hardeman III, the old man's grandson (Robert Duvall), who loves cars less than the balance sheet, his mistress more than...
...daughter's doll lay near by, and from the next room came the laughter of his third wife, Veronica, and another daughter. The room filled gradually with relatives, gym figures, musicians, sycophants, friends. His dietician entered, carrying a bushel bag of carrots. The champ suddenly clucked. Everyone jumped. This sound of a popping champagne cork is Ali's command signal. It was a summons for his infant daughter, Laila, dutifully brought in by her nanny and admired by the claque...
...record of 9-0 has a nice ring to it. Unfortunately for the Harvard women's fencing team, Yale prefers the sound of 8-1, a preference the Elis translated into victory Saturday by ambushing Harvard, 10-6, at Yale's payse Whitney Gymnasium...
Harvard has an early chance to redeem itself this Tuesday against Brandeis which finished second in the New England Women's tournament last year. After all, 9-1 doesn't sound all that...
Boeing has come up with a sound compromise. It has told airlines, including United, American, Delta and Swissair, that it will build one plane seating seven abreast. But the plane can made with either two or three engines; seating can vary between 180 and 210, and ranges can be either 2,300 or 4,600 miles. Forward of the tail, where the third engine will be located, both the tri-jet and twin-jet will be virtually identical...