Word: lighters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the second round at a cost of $91,000, it was thought to offer little advantage and was never used in competition. Other syndicates made furious and fancy changes before the December race series. Stars & Stripes added a new mast, French Kiss new sails. USA changed to lighter nickel-cobalt rigging, and the weight saving, under the complicated 12-meter formula, was put back into the boat as ballast to counteract the rising winds and seas of the Australian summer...
Ivan faces a felony charge too, but it can only burden him with five years in jail. Does more money mean a lighter sentence? More likely, Ivan continued his dealings, "knocking the domino over" on someone else as of yet unannounced...
...smashed by ice floes. It is a long, gray shedlike structure, faintly medieval in appearance. The siding boards on the upstream side give evidence of the last heavy attack by ice, in 1977; the lower ends of the boards, which were broken off, have been replaced, and are lighter in color. The sky shows through the dozens of small holes in the roof...
...Stringer was named executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. During his tenure, the newscast was transformed with sprightly graphics, a faster pace and a de-emphasis on Washington news in favor of lighter stories and features from around the country. The change helped boost the ratings but was decried by some as violating CBS's "hard-news" traditions. Promoted to the division's No. 2 slot, Stringer championed West 57th, a magazine show that drew fire from traditionalists for its jazzy style and choice of stories...
...attempt to capture the symbolism of the quadrennial world Olympics, Mike N. Druckman '87, chairman of Leverett's version, marked the beginning of the games by dressing up in a toga and carrying a bic lighter through the Leverett House dining hall...