Word: ued
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sikorsky's slogan was UTTAS HAS A U IN IT; Boeing Vertol's was WIN WITH UTTAS. Since March 1972, when the competition for the assault helicopter began, these phrases have turned up on bumper stickers, plant posters, windows of local bars and gas stations, and T shirts. The boosterism was understandable: both companies needed UTTAS desperately. As divisions of larger concerns -Sikorsky of United Technologies Corp., Vertol of Boeing Co.-neither publishes separate sales and profit figures, but it is scarcely any secret that both have been hurt badly by declining military orders for helicopters since...
...seemed certain that Woodcock had garnered 13 of the U.A.W. executive board's 25 votes, Fraser bowed out gracefully. Last week he got his reward. Woodcock, who is 65 and must retire this year, announced that after consulting with him, the three other serious contenders for the presidency-U.A.W. Vice Presidents Ken Bannon, Irving Bluestone and Duane ("Pat") Greathouse-all had decided to withdraw. So the 60-year-old Fraser is a shoo-in for election at the union convention...
...Malay kris, which was carried on a lance to repel evil spirits during religious processions in Nara, near Kyoto. Other sculptures are of an intense and archaic severity, like the votive dolls found in 3rd century tombs in what had been the Chinese kingdom of Ch'u. Still other pieces, such as the 13th century Chinese figure of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Kuan-Yin, have extraordinary, almost liquid grace and animation that seem to contradict the graininess and density of the wood itself...
...Drink to U. Profs Freund, Handlin, Reischauer...
...following exclusive interview of Crimson hockey mentor Bill Cleary was conducted immediately following last night's Harvard-B.U. contest. Any reproduction without the express written consent of The Harvard Crimson is strictly prohibited...