Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finding themselves down by 13, the hoopsters managed to keep Brown from taking complete control by evenly distributing the scoring. Harvard left for the locker room at halftime trailing 42-33. Junior Francea Hall provided Harvard's main offensive thrust contributing eight first-half points...
...accelerating plane splashed down the runway, Pettit was alarmed by the instrument readings for engine thrust. "God," he said, "look at that thing. That don't seem right, does it? Ah, that's not right." Wheaton: "Yes, it is." Pettit: "Naw, I don't think that's right. Ah, maybe it is. I don't know...
...first. It is too cute, but it is not offensive. Whatever sins have been committed on the outside have been made up for on the inside, however, where Scenic Designer Richard Hay has devised what seems to be an ideal theatrical space: 581 comfortable seats for the audience, a thrust stage for the actors, and ample room for producers and directors to change sets and scenery...
...divers searched for the bodies, investigators examined the plane for clues to the crash. Officials are trying to determine if the plane touched down too late or whether the runway was icy. Pilot Peter Langley says he tried to slow the aircraft with brakes, reverse thrust and wing flaps. About 40 minutes before the crash, another pilot radioed that braking conditions on the runway were "poor to nil." But five planes landed safely between that report and the accident...
...first 20 minutes. Harvard's main offensive thrust was provided by Andy Mainelli's four long-distance jumpers...