Word: wings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ringing, the tides of paper flow in and out. Yet the White House-and indeed all of Washington-seems to function almost in a vacuum when the President is away. Despite the jet planes, private telephone lines and teletype circuits that constantly link the L.B.J. Ranch with the West Wing, Lyndon Johnson's absence from the capital affects the Administration like a power drain. Though his six weeks' stay on the L.B.J. Ranch 1,384 miles away has not been unusually long in comparison with other presidential absences in the past, the sense of disconnection is particularly strong...
...limited capacity for penetration aids, a round-trip range of 4,000 to 6,000 miles and a speed of 1,200 m.p.h., twice that of the earlier B-52s. Thus, for intercontinental strategic missions, the FB-111 would depend on tankers for in-flight refueling. But the movable-wing plane would be able to haul nuclear weapons, air-to-ground missiles or 38,000 Ibs. of conventional bombs...
...barely settled into their seats when the defending Ivy champs scored their first goal two minutes after the opening face-off. Defense-men Ben Smith and Gordie Price seemed as unprepared as the crowd. They stood motionless and watched Brown's Bob Bruce take a pass from his wing and flip in a 15-footer from straight...
Jorge Gonzalez, the Santurce, P. R., senior, has been moved up to Dennis McCullough's slot on the first line with leading scorer Kent Parrot and right wing Pete Waldinger. McCullough, who was seeing double from a slash above the eye by a Northeastern stick, may return to play against Toronto Saturday...
...second big switch, sophomore Don Grimble has been shifted from third-line wing to second-line center and Jack Garrity has moved over to the wing spot vacated by Gonzalez. Grimble was a center when he came to Harvard, but the Canadian, who captained the freshman hockey team last winter, has been a wing throughout his Crimson career...