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...Rosovsky letter was critical of the Washington legislators, noting that no committee hearings had been called on the bill and implying that Cambridge academics would need "amendments and the issuance of workable guidelines" to make head or tail...
...microphone. Highlighting his stage show was the random interjection of obscenities often followed by the violent felling of the microphone stand, which actually constituted one of the lighter sides of the concert. Whenever the mike stand came crashing to the ground, an obedient roadie would diligently high-tail it across the stage in order to reset it, in perfect likeness to a ballboy during a championship tennis match...
...helmsmen, Jim Hardy of the Southern Cross and Dennis Conner, who handled strictly the starts on Courageous--relinquishing the command to sailmaker Ted Hood the rest of the way--attempted a seemingly fruitless game of staying on the other's tail in order to force the opponent up over the line early...
With the stubby fins and tail of a World War II blimp, the 175-ft.-long aerostat has proved to have extraordinary stability; Hurricane Gilda's 100-m.p.h. winds last year barely nudged it. The helium inside the balloon's tough, eight-layer plastic skin provides enough lift to allow up to 4,000 lbs. of electronic gear to be packed into the gondola hanging from its underside. The equipment can receive and rebroadcast as many as four television channels, two commercial radio stations and the data from 5,000 to 10,000 microwave circuits. At present...
This race has become a three-team tossup. After looking invincible during August, the Red Sox have tumbled into a tail spin. Even 20-game Winner Luis Tiant could not halt a losing streak that dropped the Red Sox into second place late last week. While Boston has been losing, New York and Baltimore have been winning. The surprising Yankees, who have not won a pennant in ten years, sport no Mantles or DiMaggios this year. Some frantic trading eventually paid off, though, and the erratic Bombers began to wring winning performances out of an assortment of new arrivals...