Word: asternly
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...many of which were recently overhauled, because it must cut operating and maintenance costs. For the same reason, it is reducing the sailing time of its ships by 10% from 1982 to 1984. With its net loss of 16 ships, the Navy would appear to be sailing full speed astern in its effort to build a 600-ship fleet...
...yank the traditional brass-handled lever. Instead, he spoke through a microphone to the ship's computerized engine control, which has a voice synthesizer and recognition device developed by Japan's Sodensha Electronics Ltd. The control device can comprehend eleven verbal commands, from "Full ahead" to "Full astern," given by the captain or two of his officers. To show that an order has been received, the machine repeats it in a flat voice reminiscent of Hal, the talking computer in the movie...
...Bahamas. It ended on July 25 with another laconic log entry: "Moored at Pipe Cay." Six days later, Illinois State Representative Harry Yourell, 62, and Son Peter, 20, aboard their 25-ft. cabin cruiser, eased up to the Kalia III and made a grisly discovery: in a dinghy bobbing astern lay a bloated body. The yacht was riddled with shotgun pellets, smeared with blood and littered with debris, including Patti's spectacles and bikini bra. Yourell told TIME Midwest Bureau Chief Benjamin W. Gate: "I haven't seen anything as bad since the South Pacific in World...
...hoping to breeze past the Crusaders with relative ease. But the Crimson's hopes for a quick double win were crushed when a pair of 79's by Holy Cross stand-outs Pete Mondani and Tom Bagley gave the Crusaders a 405 team total, leaving the linksters one shot astern with 406. The Williams contingent, paced by Chip Audin's 79, rolled into the 19th hole in sole possession of last place...
...Radcliffe novice eight finished seven seconds astern of a strong Rutgers crew. "With a little more time we'll be able to put together a better race," Raymond said...