Word: strainingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pioneering jetliners have reached middle age. The first 707s went into service back in 1958, and some of the earliest have since logged more than 250,000 flight hours. The hairline cracks are caused by metal fatigue that commonly develops in high-time aircraft at points where flex and strain occur; even in the DC-6, one of the sturdiest planes ever built, fissures were discovered in a number of wing spars in 1960. To date, said the FAA, no aviation accident of any kind has been attributed to such defects...
...offering a fifth course to every student every term would raise the cost of Harvard education substantially, strain existing classroom facilities, and require extra teaching fellows and graders. The Faculty may feel, quite justifiably, that burdensome extra expenses would make the HPC's proposals unfeasible...
...always combined its readiness to innovate not only with a strain of political conservatism-stronger at some times than at others-but with an unshakable confidence in the American idea. American politics have changed profoundly. While the Senate may retain its quill pens and snuffboxes as hallmarks of tradition, a whole world of florid political oratory, provincialism and paternalism has given way to a youthful, hard, professional approach. Still, such major innovations as the New Deal were possible only because they could take place within the framework of basic American tradition. Some of the most drastic recent changes in American...
...Three. There was reason for strain. The dinner was intended to smooth the way toward an agreement between the President and the general. But only hours earlier, Sukarno had been forced to go along with the appointment of a new military-civilian government whose key figures were picked by Suharto. A face-saving compromise, not unusual for such Javanese drama, had saved a few Sukarno associates for minor roles. But the men who would call the shots were Suharto, in charge of defense and security; brainy former Ambassador to Moscow Adam Malik, in charge of foreign affairs as well...
...turns, a hairpin and a double S) and 25 gear changes per lap. "Our cars are too heavy for this track," complained Ford's No. 1 driver, Ken Miles. "The Chaparrals have the advantage over us -they're lighter, and they should go the distance with less strain...