Word: steering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Miles from Hanoi, another flyer tried to steer his parachute away from militiamen on the ground. Landing, he pulled out his pistol, but the North Vietnamese disarmed him, yelling, "Hands up! Hands up!" in English. The pilot, in Vietnamese, replied, "Toi xin hang [I surrender]." A third pilot only managed to smear his face with mud before he was captured. All told, the raids added 93 Americans to the list of missing and captured...
...again that the majority of the people in this country are not going to tolerate extremes on either end of the spectrum. The people have shown that this country will continue to be governed on a moderate basis, with forces from both left and right acting in balance to steer America on its proper course...
...responsible for helping to steer foreign aid bills through Congress. He appeared at Congressional hearings to advise State Department officials, including then Secretary of State Dean Rusk, about the legal ramifications of aid bills pending before the committees...
...Robbery, which will be published later this month by Charterhouse Books Inc. As the authors describe it, the auto repair industry is fraught with deceit at every level, from gas station attendants who surreptitiously puncture tires with a screwdriver to insurance estimators who take kickbacks from body shops to steer business their way. In a modern version of highway robbery, the authors contend, the owners of the 90 million registered automobiles in the U.S. are bilked out of $8 billion to $10 billion a year-or about $1 of every $3 that they spend to keep their cars running...
...Contrary to what you seem to believe, not all college students hate the Vice President. I am a college student, and I think very highly of Mr. Agnew. I do get sick of reading about how the President's choice of Mr. Agnew is supposed to steer me toward Mr. McGovern. If anything, it strengthened my support of the Republican ticket...