Word: spins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shoved two satellites into uselessly low orbits last February. A second satellite was sprung successfully on Friday, this one employing the new so-called Frisbee launcher. The mechanism, designed especially for the shuttle, acts as an Olympian wrist, snapping off the satellite from the cargo bay in a slow spin that quickens to 30 r.p.m. once in space. The following day, a PAM-driven AT&T satellite was set free. Said Mission Control as the last cylinder twirled into the void: "That's three for three...
What Americans are seeing, and hearing, is nearly two hours of Mr. Universal. He jokes about his bad English, his age and gives an engaging Latin spin to sentimental favorites such as La Vie en Rose, Begin the Beguine and, of course, As Time Goes By. He demands little of either ear or eye, rarely even moving around the stage, and soothes rather than ignites. "The American people are looking for romance and class again," maintains his business manager, Ray Rodriguez. "Julio hit this country right when it needed...
...estimated 80% stake in the bank. FDIC Chairman William Isaac would then dismiss Taylor and other top officials and install new bank management. In addition, observers say, the FDIC would substantially reduce the bank's $34 billion in assets by selling some holdings. The regulators may spin off the Chicago institution's weakest units into another bank, already dubbed "Trashco" by Continental employees, which could then be declared bankrupt. Federal officials believe that the down-sized bank, relieved of troubled loans to debtors ranging from oil drillers to Brazil, could regain public confidence and earn a profit. Then...
Summer is a time for rediscovering familiar pastimes: picnics, baseball games and trips to the beach. This season millions of Americans are enjoying a kind of fun they have not had in years: a spin in a sleek, shiny new car. More buyers are flocking to auto showrooms than at any time since 1979. Instead of fuel-sipping "econoboxes," people are choosing cars with pep and pizazz that put pleasure back into driving. Says Len Scarano, general manager of the Arrow Auto Mall in Little Falls, N.J.: "A few years ago, people wanted to know only two things: the price...
...interested at some point in returning to it--is Charles P. Slichter '45, a highly regarded physicist at the University of Illinois's Center for Advanced Study and the author of Principles of Magnetic Resonance, published in 1963. He also has written many articles on topics like electron spin resonance, solid state physics and chemical physics...