Word: wing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harvard itself has come in for a good deal of attack from the right wing of the class, from publisher John Fox, letter-writer Kenneth D. Robertson, and Dr. Samuel Allen, who thinks "the college today looks kind of sickening--a lot of pasty-faced, radical, non-God fearing anemic youths, yelling about the rights of reds...
...football season proved its worth as a training ground for '28. Despite the gridiron loss to Yale, French had shown himself a fast and deceptive halfback under Coach Horween's double wings attack, and had been named captain for the coming season. John Tudor climaxed a brilliant season at left wing by being elected captain of the 1928-29 hockey team. Forrester Clark was elected leader of the crew. In the winter and spring of '28 J. L. Reid was already showing the outstanding long distance form that was to bring him the '29 track captaincy. R. B. Whitbeck...
During World War II Leonard Cheshire was a first-class fighting man. In 1943, after completing a tour of operations in Halifax bombers, he became the youngest group captain (equals U.S. colonel) in the R.A.F. He had himself demoted to wing commander so that he could take over command of the famed 617 Squadron, nicknamed "The Dam-Busters." where he developed a new low-level technique of marking targets. After more than 100 missions, he won Britain's highest decoration, the Victoria Cross...
...unit weighs only a third of those on conventional fighters, the ejection seat goes down through the floor instead of using the more complicated explosive mechanism needed to blast it up over the tail. By making the plane smaller all around, Heinemann has been able to eliminate the heavy, wing-folding mechanisms of most Navy planes. Thus, the Hot-Rod can fit into any carrier elevator with wings outstretched, fly off any escort carrier's short deck...
...horizontal and vertical conveyer belts for interoffice mail. There will be escalators, patios, glass walls, a cafeteria cantilevered over a reflecting pool (ice-skating rink in winter), a 400-seat theater, bowling alleys, an employees' store, tennis courts and a babbling brook. Executives will have a penthouse-topped wing, connected with the main building by a three-story, glass-enclosed bridge...