Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...educated, and richer. He's been a professional baseball hitter since high school. This is his first year in the major leagues, and, not surprisingly, there's precious little he can say to reporters except things like "Well, I feel real good, and I've been working on my swing some, and, uh, I'm just looking forward to the game tonight...
Festivities had been in full swing for three days prior to The Game and by the time I arrived to board the bus to Mecca (Schaefer Stadium) I felt a little like a fish out of water. I, unlike the 60,000 other pilgrims, was sober...
Shirt Discomfort. Earlier in the week, uneasiness also filled the air as the President made a campaign swing through New Hampshire to support Republican Louis C. Wyman in his rerun Senate race against Democrat John A. Durkin. Ford spoke, shook hands, and waved at the large, friendly crowds at 22 political stops on a 118-mile motorcade-all the while wearing a protective vest under his shirt. It probably was a 4½-lb., ⅜-in.-thick model made of Kevlar, a synthetic material that resembles fiber-glass cloth. The White House refused to confirm or deny press reports...
...tons? After looking at a variety of techniques, the Luckman designers, collaborating with Rolair Systems, Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif, found the answer in air-film technology. Already used by Boeing to move heavy airframes about and by San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system to swing subway cars around at terminals, this new technology allows large, bulky objects to be maneuvered on so-called air bearings-thin (.031 in.), porous plastic disks. When air is forced through the disks from above at high pressure, it builds up underneath them in a thin film that acts...
Before the polls closed, Wyman said, "President Ford put his name on the line," in coming to campaign for Wyman last week. Ford was received enthusiastically throughout the state during his campaign swing. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan also campaigned for Wyman...