Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bitter winter wind churned up the North Atlantic waves last week, the Icelandic gunboat Thor headed for a covey of British fishing trawlers that had moved into a forbidden conservation area. Guarding the trawlers, the British frigate Yarmouth kept close cover on Thor. While both vessels were running closely abreast at a brisk 16 knots, one of them-the accounts differ-veered toward the other. Warning blasts were sounded, engines were thrown full astern. It was too late. Yarmouth's bow sliced into Thor, ripping away the starboard wing of the gunboat's bridge...
...energy it needs? The pro-nuclear argument is a strong one. With oil reserves finite and access to foreign supplies dependent upon OPEC's whims, the U.S. must find alternate sources of power. But the clear and present choices are anything but promising. Harnessing wind and wave power is today and for the near term little more than an engineer's pipedream. Solar energy will probably not become practicable on a large scale for several decades. Coal, which the U.S. has in abundance, does not seem to be the only answer. Deep mining is expensive and dangerous...
...make movies!" And it isn't just a kick-line; the choreography is sophisticated enough to include a parody of the Busby-Berkeley extravaganza: the dancers break apart and whirl around in circles, then make several lines and wave their arms in the air like grass in the wind while the cymbals rise and fall like waves...
...union (current membership: 135,000) a healthy contract-the average wage is $50 a day before overtime-but he still cannot keep his men in line. Miller loyalists argue that the industry is to blame. "When the companies push hard for production," says one union man, "they wind up killing people." He means that the men have to strike to protect themselves against unsafe conditions. Whoever is right, the walkouts have largely stopped, at least temporarily; not only is Miller exercising firmer control, but the industry has also been suing U.M.W. locals for illegal strikes...
Heard about the new Sonny and Cher dolls? Wind them up and they break apart. Well, not exactly, but starting in May, kids who are bored with their Barbies and Kens will have pint-sized versions of the TV couple to cuddle. That's when Mego International, makers of Batman, Robin and Star Trek dolls, will launch a $1 million ad campaign to market 12½-in. versions of Sonny and Cher to the moppet set. The Sonny doll will come with a twelve-piece wardrobe (including a sparkling silver lame jumpsuit), while the little Cher will have...