Word: stacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. John Stack, 65, aerodynamics engineer who played a central role in developing the first U.S. supersonic plane, and later was responsible for breakthroughs that led to the controversial F-111 swing-wing jet; of injuries suffered in a fall from a horse; in Yorktown...
...stage, an irregular stack of three circular platforms, thrusts into the middle of the room. "I wanted a shape more than a stage, something with plenty of movement yet undefined. I wanted it to be out into the audience; when you have a proscenium at the end of a room, you have people looking at the show; you forget they're there." The platforms rest on steel pipe legs, specially cut and threaded because the usual machinery couldn't handle such short legs. Guy proudly shows off his banged-up finger, still recovering from his carpentry. "And I have...
...usually means immersion in the subject. The staffers who produced this week's article on Judaism - Religion Writer Mayo Mohs, Correspondent Richard Ostling deep Reporter-Researcher Clare Mead Rosen - plunged in deeper than most. During months of preparation, they compiled six shelves of books and a foot-high stack of original research from their own reporting and that of correspondents abroad...
LABOR. The traditional power tactic of labor leaders has been to get their members selected as uncommitted delegates. This enhanced their collective power at the convention. But they are finding that unless they can stack a local caucus, uncommitted slates or individuals can rarely win now. AFL-CIO officials running as uncommitted delegates in Arizona, for example, were soundly defeated; five of Arizona's 25 elected delegates are uncommitted. This trend is pressuring labor to choose sides earlier...
Gordon, at number four, lost an embarrassing 15-4 opening game to sophomore Bruce Maronpot, and the Crimson junior had to rally from a 2-1 game deficit at intermission to win. "Gordon looked like he was attending a meatpacker's convention," Stack noted insightfully...