Word: tucks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...furor over auto safety. The special target of Author Ralph Nader (Unsafe at Any Speed) and other industry critics has been G.M.'s sporty little rear-engine Corvair. The 1960-63 models of the car had an axle design that was criticized for causing the rear wheels to "tuck under," thereby enhancing the possibility of rolls and skids. Partly due to such publicity, Corvair sales so far this year have been half those for the same period...
Bigger Competitor. Lockheed's rival in the competition is Boeing Co., which has not won a major military plane or missile award since 1958. Boeing is betting on a swing-wing model whose wings tuck back at high speed and open out for landings. Called the Boeing SST 733, it could achieve the same speed and stratospheric altitude as Lockheed's 2000. Boeing is building a mockup, plans to display it around September. The plane has just undergone major modifications, making it heavier (300 tons v. Lockheed's 250 tons), longer...
...match was nip-and-tuck all the way. With the score tied 4-4, Princeton number five man Nick Kourides, an agile tennis convert with deep strokes, battled Steve Simpson before a packed gallery on the number 10 court. The steady Kourides rallied from a 13-11 deficit in the fourth game to win the game and match, 16-15, dropping the final shot beyond the reach of a diving Simpson...
...Tuck Chace, the Harvard heavyweight, gained a measure of retribution by pinning Dick Moore at 7:38. At one time in the match, Chace was behind...
Columbia has no other exceptional talent--but they don't really need it. Four players have been alternating at the forward positions--Jack Dema (6-5), Tuck Ganzenmuller (6-4) Joel Hoffman (6-2) and John Harms...