Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bowl-shaped antenna carried above Voyager 1's ten-sided body is 12 ft. in diameter. At 825 kg (1,820 lbs.), the whole machine weighs less than a Ford Escort. It moves through frictionless space effortlessly from its initial thrust, sometimes affected by the gravitational pull of planets, but able to correct its course with blasts from small thruster rockets. The most complex cluster of equipment is housed forward near its two TV cameras, and includes an infrared radiometer that measures the heat of planets and spectrometers to analyze composition of the atmosphere. The magnetometers for locating...
...like a black-caped villain lurking in the shadows, a Yale defender stands ready to disrupt any Harvard offensive thrust. He goes by the menacing name of Keven Czinger, and he plays middle guard for the Elis. A three-year varsity starter, Czinger will play opposite sophomore Harvard center John Francis, a fourth-stringer before injuries felled the Crimson's three top men at the position. Francis has played admirably, but Czinger might prove too tough. The absence of Yale's leading tackler, linebacker Jeff Roher, who broke an ankle two7CrimsonNevin I. ShalitHarvard captain and defensive tackle CHUCK DURST...
...Mark Knopfler, centrifugal force of Dire Straits, and bassist John Illsley are wandering the corridors of Warner Bros. Records in New York. They're on holiday from the making of Making Movies, their third album, recorded in a scant few weeks at Nassau's Compass Point studios. Coffee is thrust into their hands; radio stations phone incessantly, demanding over-the-phone interviews...
Robert Williams, another juror, said the jury did not believe any group had the right "to thrust its political beliefs on the citizens of the United States...
...problem, compounded by the fact that he started in April, far too late, was that Anderson necessarily had to run as an independent because he had no time to organize a third party, which would have given him a supporting framework. Says California Pollster Mervin Field: "Anderson was suddenly thrust into the arena and asked to play major league ball without a team and without preseason conditioning." Altering the metaphor, Campaign Director David Garth says, "It was like they gave us a moped and told us to race against two Maseratis. But I still think it wasn't that...