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...this red-brick superstructure shelters a group of student athletes who are caught in the middle of Harvard's inability to decide what to do with itself. Athletes--and their coaches--have been thrust into the current of a competitive upswing that has been nourished amid the traditional Harvard attitudes of "sports for everyone," "participation first, winning second," and "brooks before ballgames." The contradiction is an obvious one, though the University seems unable to come to terms with...
...thrust and direction given to our relations with the nations of the Third World. The U.S. seems baffled and threatened by upheaval in the Third World as never before...
Although the sandstorms were common to all three helicopter failures, the mission leaders do not blame their problems on the weather. Pentagon officials disclosed that the choppers' 150-lb. sand screens had been removed to increase the engines' thrust by 3%, a possibly critical safety margin. But the screens are designed only to protect the engines from long-term wear from dirt, which apparently was not a factor in any of the breakdowns...
...waste time, midfielder Vic Kazanjian led off the Crimson's offensive thrust. Just nine seconds into the contest, he took a fastbreak feed from co-captain Pete Predun and shot past the out-stretched stick of UConn goalie Peter Schwartz for tally number...
...including Pratt & Whitney, General Electric and Rolls-Royce. The plane is designed around the engine. Recent advances in technology far surpass those of the airframe makers. The principal reason that Boeing and the other companies are venturing into new models is that these advances cut fuel costs while improving thrust and reliability...