Word: controller
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...about the same time. P.F.L.P. leaders came under strong pressure to turn over bargaining responsibility to the Palestine Liberation Organization, an umbrella association of fedayeen groups that is dominated by Guerrilla Chief Yasser Arafat, the comparatively responsible leader of Al-Fatah. The other Palestinian organizations were eager to gain control over Popular Front actions because of stinging criticism that had been heaped on the hijackers by most Arab governments, including the commandos' usual allies Iraq and Syria. Popular Front officials reluctantly agreed to the evacuation of all hostages from the airstrip and to the release of some women and children...
Apart from relying on the guards, at present there is little a pilot can do but turn on his radar beacon to inform ground control that he is in trouble. However, the Federal Aviation Administration said last week that it had developed a new secret hijacking deterrent to be installed on all new airliners and eventually on all planes. Another suggestion, reported by The Times of London, is that security guards could shoot anaesthetic bullets "as used for rhinoceros...
...Want a Car. To cope with these problems, the Soviets have a ten-year plan for major highway construction between cities. Moscow is working on the development of an electronic traffic-control system. Meanwhile, however, consumer demands for cars are skyrocketing. Russians are so auto-hungry that they will pay twice the list price to those who win new cars in the state-run lottery. A cartoon in the Soviet humor magazine Krokodil shows a swaddled infant in a carriage, howling, "I want a car!" at the sight of the new Zhiguli. Even when the Togliatti plant reaches full production...
...most basic of these techniques involves pulling the face into shape with an internal sling made of fascia, the fibrous tissue that separates and encloses the muscles of the body. Fascial slings do not restore normal muscle control, but by supporting sagging face muscles, they help to bring a certain symmetry to the face at rest...
...Hempstead, N.Y., the temporalis muscle, which runs from the temple to the jawbone, is split into three sections. These are then separated and connected to the patient's eye, mouth and cheek. After considerable practice before a mirror, a patient can learn to use the transposed muscle to control winking or smiling. The operation returns a near-normal appearance to the face at rest...