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...racing at gunpoint; a bobsled run on skis; ice hockey using players as pucks. Director Glen has kept the plot moving briskly, and, in several action sequences, clipped a frame or two from within a shot to increase the impact. With prominent display of Bond's Lotus Esprit Turbo, a Neptune two-man submarine and a "Jim" diving suit, For Your Eyes Only is an accumulation of gadgets and brand names-a Radio Shack of a boy wizard's dreams...
Deregulation has also fostered the fast-growing commuter airlines that now provide services to airports abandoned by the majors and not picked up by the regionals. The commuter airlines, such as New Haven Airways and Pennsylvania's Ransome Airlines, generally fly turbo prop or piston-engine aircraft, seating five to 25 people, and shuttle passengers to regional or hub airports...
...commander received his orders. The soldiers and airmen were watching his face. He turned and jammed his fist into the air with his thumb up. Shouts shattered the stillness. It was a brief burst. There were no bands and no U.S. flags. The next stir was the big turbo props coming to life-then the transports lifting off into tragedy...
...about Dartmouth's new "multi-flannel" offense this year? The starting eleven come out in flannel shirts and hats with those Floyd R. Turbo earflaps. The other team thinks it's the ground crew working on the field, and returns to the locker room. Dartmouth then wins the game by forfeit...
...John Deere 7700 combine, even run at half throttle. The engines hiss and suck. The cutting blades click like a madwoman's knitting needles. In this age, when transistors perform wondrous deeds with assistance from only a few volts of electricity, the combine, despite its air conditioner, turbo engine and two-way radio, is a functioning monument to 19th century mechanical ingenuity. It is a jumble of rubber belts propelling multisized wheels that turn gears, pull pulleys and rotate augers. The object of all this clever instrumentation is not only the cutting of wheat, which the combine does admirably...