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...target, the bombs are released to drop in a controlled fall. Then, in what is called a toss, an evasive maneuver to avoid damage by the explosion of his own bombs, the pilot suddenly takes the plane up to about 1,200 ft. Though the plane is wrenching upward, the Pave Tack system, mounted on a device that can swivel 360 degrees , keeps its laser eye on the target all the while...
...prices whipsawed upward later the same day when Vice President George Bush, a former Texas oilman, seemed to imply that he would try to persuade the Saudis to throttle back their output. At a press conference Bush gave as he prepared to leave on a trip to the Middle East, the Vice President said, "My plea will be for stability of the marketplace." But a senior White House aide quickly denied that the Administration would depart from its free-market philosophy, "even if it means the oil price drops to $1." The seemingly conflicting comments generated jitters...
Dukakis could be waiting for the results of November's election before making the decision to move onward and upward in 1988. And this might turn out to be his best move in the race for the Presidency...
Officials say the planned increase of up to 9 percent for past renters and up to 20 percent for new renters is a result of an upward spiral in areawide rental rates over the last year...
...replays, NASA analysts said that an orange glow had first flickered just past the center of the orbiter, between the shuttle's belly and the adjacent external tank. This was near the point where the tank is attached to Challenger. Milliseconds later, the fire had flared out and danced upward. Suddenly, there was only a fireball. Piercing shades of orange and yellow and red burst out of a billowing white cloud, engulfing the disintegrating spacecraft...