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...grabbed the silver release ripcord--a Dshaped handle about belly level on my left harness strap--and pulled down as I screamed, "Pull!" I threw it away from me--using both arms--then went into the hard arch position: pelvis thrust out, arms, legs and head thrown back, and started counting again...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Free Falling My Way Through This Reading Period | 4/25/1992 | See Source »

...will make Harvard a center of what is seenas a major thrust in current biological concerns,"he said...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Biologists Accept Joint Tenure Offers | 4/8/1992 | See Source »

...French naturalist Henri Mouhot came upon an enchanting temple buried in the jungle of western Cambodia. It thrust spires of finely carved sandstone into the sky, and its open galleries held an artistic treasure: more than a mile of delicate bas-relief stone panels. "It is grander than anything left us by Greece and Rome," wrote Mouhot in his diary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle of Angkor | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

...thrust of these projects is "to get people involved, and to build a neighbor to neighbor network," Myers said...

Author: By Sunah N. Kim, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Cantabrigians Express Concern About Crime, Security in City | 3/31/1992 | See Source »

...real thrust of Tsongas' program lies in his efforts to shore up America's declining manufacturing base. He calls far more strongly than Clinton for an industrial policy that would pick winners among emerging new industries. To do that, Tsongas would create a federal office somewhat akin to Japan's famed Ministry of International Trade and Industry that would finance and develop new technologies. But the problem, as critics of industrial policy never tire of pointing out, is that no one really knows which promising discoveries today will blossom into thriving industries tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: May The Best Plan Win | 3/23/1992 | See Source »

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