Word: groundedness
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Plastered over the windows of an airline ticket office in downtown Rio were defiant posters: IT IS EASY TO DESTROY, BUT IT TAKES 35 YEARS TO BUILD! WE WILL NOT DIE! The protests were against one of the most severe economic reforms yet attempted by Brazil's revolutionary government...
While Westmoreland was commanding the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., in 1958, he led a routine paratroop drop that turned to tragedy when the winds shifted. Five men were dragged to their death, one when the wind caught his grounded chute and swept him over a cliff. Westmoreland...
All told, there are now 28 spacemen. Of the original seven Mercury astronauts, only two besides Cooper remain as active participants: Virgil Grissom will command the first of the Gemini flights, and Walter Schirra Jr. will lead the stand-by crew. Donald ("Deke") Slayton, who resigned his Air Force commission...
Chartering will always be a monopoly operation at Harvard. Competition between rival agencies, aside from providing opportunities for irresponsible business ventures, would undoubtedly result in an overabundance of planes, many remaining unfilled and therefore grounded. But the monopoly, whoever runs it, must be closely regulated. And the first principle of...
Harvard's basketball team, wearied by a long train ride to Princeton after their plane had been grounded by fog, suffered a 76-55 loss to the Tigers at Dillon Gym last night.