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While the crowd swayed and roared "Dada! Dada!" Amin barreled along, beaming as he inspected his troops, as well as boy scouts and youth leaguers. The Asian marchers brought up the tail end of the parade. As they shambled past, trying to get into step to the band's rendition of Old Folks at Home, African spectators laughed derisively...
...game in Vancouver, B.C., and the remainder of the series on Russia's home ice. Said Canadian Coach Harry Sinden: "They compare with any team in the N.H.L. We just can't overpower this team as we all thought we could. We have a tiger by the tail...
...rudder works by altering the flow of water around it so that one side begins to experience greater pressure than the other. If the rudder is swung to starboard (right), for instance, pressure on that side will increase and lessen on the other. As a result the stern, or tail end, of the boat will swing to port (left) and the bow, or front, to starboard. Moreover, the turn will become sharper as the rudder angle is increased. But if the angle becomes larger than 35° the rudder will stir up so much turbulence in the vicinity that...
...goals of Air Force researchers is a laser that could blind the tracking and fire-control mechanisms of enemy antiaircraft guns, which have accounted for the bulk of U.S. plane losses over North Viet Nam. Work is also under way on a laser that could be fitted as a tail gun aboard the proposed B-1 supersonic bomber. The Navy, for its part, is experimenting with shipboard lasers that could, for example, meet the threat posed by the Soviets' new extremely accurate Styx surface-to-surface missiles. Perhaps the most imaginative concept considered by Pentagon advanced-weaponry planners...
...matching shoulder blades, pelvis and five vertebrae of what appeared to be a huge, four-legged plant-eating reptile that was more than 50 ft. tall, weighed more than 80 tons and measured as much as 100 ft. from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail. Says Jensen: "I believe we are uncovering the largest dinosaur ever found on the face of the earth...