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First, middle Gordie Nelson scored on a sweep to give the visitors the lead. Then Jerry Keleher bulled his way through a trio of defenders for goal number eight. Next, it was Nelson on another sweep and Jim Egasti with a one-handed shot, and Harvard was in command...
...important. To reduce the risk of misunderstanding between tower and cockpit, a controller is forbidden to tell a pilot to "hold for takeoff." The mere mention of "takeoff" could trigger a response in the mind of the pilot and cause him to throw the throttles open prematurely. The correct command: "Taxi into position and hold...
When the controller in the tower is sure that the runway is safe, he gives the command to go: "Eastern 158, cleared for takeoff." Soon after the jet leaves the ground, another technician in the station, known as departure control, picks up the jet on radar and guides it out of the general area of the airport. Next, a controller in one of the 20 air-route traffic control centers that blanket the country takes over responsibility, monitors the jet through his section of the sky, and then hands it on to the adjoining control center...
Meanwhile, the main body of Katangese circled Bumba's positions to join the infiltrators in a lightning attack that erupted everywhere in Mutshatsha at once. Within an hour, they had seized the army command post, the rail yard and a trainload of U.S.-and Belgian-made arms and ammunition. When Bumba's edgy battalions realized they had been bypassed, they simply streamed away through the jungle. After the loss of Mutshatsha-which the government denied for six days-Mobutu replaced his local commander with General Singa Boyenge...
Despite the clear signals of the bloody incident at Muzaffarnagar, the government ignored the possibility that the program was in trouble. When one citizen of the city complained to D.K. Barooah, president of the Congress Party, Barooah told him to talk to the "high command." As instructed, the citizen of Muzaffarnagar telephoned Mrs. Gandhi's office and reached her private secretary, R.K. Dhawan. Informed that the call was coming from Muzaffarnagar, he hung...