Word: tanked
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Both Israel and its Arab neighbors collectively are far stronger militarily than they were before the October War, not only in numbers but also in the sophistication of their weaponry. This month the Israelis unveiled a new tank so uniquely protective of its crew that Israeli tankers have already dubbed it "the Jewish Mother." Known as the Merkava (Hebrew for chariot), this 58-ton multipurpose armored battle vehicle can also be used as a personnel carrier. It carries a 105-mm. main gun and two machine guns. The crew is protected against incoming fire not merely by armor plate...
...Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, Bombeck...
...like all the initials?). That will make being a pilot a cushy job: he sits at a TV console 200 miles away and gets the RPV to provide surveillance or relay radio messages or pinpoint targets for precision bombing. An RPV can point out a tank with a laser beam, and artillery on the ground can wipe out the tank with a guided missile that homes in on the beam. How about that...
...Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, Bombeck...
...number of maxims are in trouble if economists at the Research Triangle Institute, a North Carolina think tank, have their way. The institute, commissioned by the Bureau of the Mint to analyze U.S. coin needs, wants the Government to stop producing the penny by 1980, along with reducing the size of the dollar coin and dropping the half-dollar...