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...Country Tinker. The plane turned out to be a crude, early version of the Foxbat, which the Russians designed 15 years ago to bring down the supersonic B-70, a U.S. bomber that never became operational. Belenko's MiG was equipped with obsolescent electronic targeting and radar systems. Its maximum range of 1,200 miles was short compared with the American F-4 Phantom fighter's 2,100 miles. Belenko's plane was also vastly inferior to the reconnaissance version of the Foxbat, which the U.S. has tracked over much longer ranges in the Middle East. Perhaps...
...tumbled, smiled and cried both herself and her sport into the spotlight four years ago as she flitted off with two gold medals of her own. And the romanticist's favorite will be Nadia Comaneci, a 14-year-old, 86-lb. Rumanian sprite who risks fancier flights than Tinker Bell could dream...
...balance the budget), and the achievement of the American dream for all within the next Carter administration. We shouldn't be too cynical, though. The old girl has heart, her mistakes nothing more than the shortcomings of her nation's people: too much faith in their ability to tinker with an economy which really should be restructured to face a reality of monopoly corporate power; belief that supersession of the "special interests" will be a matter of Ralph Nader-type government regulation; and that all we need is an honest man to lead us in sacrifice and renewal...
...tinker. Come up with a totally new look at early education and give us a whole new way of running schools and teaching in the primary grades." So ordered California Superintendent of Public Instruction Wilson Riles when he assumed his post in 1971. The State Department of Education, along with a task force of educators and parents, delved into the innovations and experiments of the past decade, accepting some, rejecting others, and finally developed a reform plan that Riles adopted. Dubbed the Early Childhood Education (E.C.E.) program, the project, now in its third year of operation, is used to teach...
...Paid Mouthpiece), but his past has put him beyond their taunts - and, he hopes, beyond any pain other humans can cause. His cold irony makes him a perfect manipulator of international diplomacy. "Don't try to ram against the inevitable," he advises a young black assistant. "Instead, tinker with the timing." If Lushinski has a tender spot, it is his irritation at being reminded that he is Jewish. Ozick displays this trait without venom but with lacerating irony. She leaves the strong impression that nothing bad will ever again happen to Lushinski because nothing he can recognize as good...