Word: stream
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...joined another Huskie and an escort of American fighters that had picked up yet another urgent distress call-from a U.S. captain whose Thunderchief jet was shot down over the tangled jungle near Quangkhe. Sighting a signal fire that the captain had resourcefully lighted on the bank of a stream, one Huskie descended to 100 ft., hauled the captain into the chopper with a steel cable and winch. As he scrambled gratefully aboard, the rescued pilot cried to the crew, "I love you, I love...
...devised. The prevailing northeasterly head winds often hit 40 knots or more. Complicating matters is the mast-snapping pampeiro, a westerly-land wind that frequently howls off the pampas at even greater force-only to die in a sudden, glassy calm. The Brazilian Curfent-the backwash of the Gulf Stream-is supposed to flow southward at two or three knots. But it weaves like a snake and sometimes dies like the wind...
...classical ballet, the troupe has never known the security of a permanent home. They have to squeeze in performances at the opera house between operas or at downtown theaters between touring shows. "San Francisco is simply not a red-hot ballet city," explains Christensen. Still, fueled by a steady stream of talent from the first-rate San Francisco Ballet School, operated by Christensen's brother Harold, the company has maintained an enviable standard of vitality and exuberance...
Sullivan's report raised the possibility of heroin traffic in the Square. Most observers believe that the traffic is primarily limited to marijuana which is generally smoked by the user and is not addictive. Heroin is addictive and usually injected directly into the blood stream by the addict...
...scholars, Neustadt hopes to pour a stream of Fellows and visiting residents. He feels that the Institute ought to have some resident "junior fellows"--young men from journalism or from private life, not career government servants. Then there should be young men who have worked in politics and are likely to embark on elective careers--"the Bill Moyerses who don't happen to be counsel to the President," as Neustadt...