Word: sterne
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Romney prides himself on his ability to come from behind, citing his resuscitation of American Motors and his 1962 campaign for Michigan's governorship as cases in point. He will need all of that stern-chasing stamina to overcome Nixon before the March 12 primary...
...with Deep Diver's capability of discharging and retrieving underwater divers. The 40-ft., 50-ton craft can operate at a depth of 8,000 ft. with a crew of four and is designed to carry a Cachalot-type chamber that can accommodate four additional divers in its stern compartment. It uses spacecraftlike water-jet thrusters to hover in place and can tilt itself some 30° fore and aft and 10° sideways-useful for settling gently on an underwater slope. Deep Quest's two manipulator arms can each grasp as much as 500 Ibs. of material...
...Scala's Claudio Abbado, 34, is a stern, urgent pursuer of the long musical line, a Toscanini-like stickler for both fine-mesh detail and overall coherence. Imperious and intensely concentrated, he spurs an orchestra on with a clean, incisive beat, often achieving a surging pulse and crackling inner tension. He excels with the original texts of operas, giving them what one critic calls an "electric-shock treatment...
...industry revenues last year came from abroad, hoped for exemption from capital controls to enable them to continue filming overseas. And the petroleum industry demanded a ruling that money spent on oil-well drilling is a "current transaction" and thus automatically exempt (like temporary financing of exports) from the stern program...
...latest leviathan, says IHI's president, Renzo Taguchi, 61, who happens to be a golf buff, "would take a good drive and four iron from bow to stern." The ship is 1,150 ft. long with an overall height of 105 ft., and will be powered by an 18,700-h.p. engine, with a second one standing by for emergencies...