Word: mixing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Harvard was not so fortunate in the mile relay. A mix-up in a baton pass between Gillis and Downer caused Gillis to fall and drop the baton and then get spiked. Harvard had been leading but ended up last...
...supersonophiles are winning, and the U.S. SST is likely to be in service by the late 1970s or early 1980s. The lines are expected to have a broad mix of planes and fares: premium prices on the SST, regular tariffs on jumbo jets, somewhat lower fares on older jets. By then, the problems of air travel will have multiplied, creating an even greater need for improved control of airspace, more airports, better ground transportation and bigger, more efficient terminals. Halaby worries because public investment in such facilities has always lagged five to ten years behind technological innovation...
...aspiration. Redolent of charcoal cookouts, their vocabularies an engaging mix of space jargon and "gee whiz," the space explorers gave back to Middle America a victory of its own values. It was little noted, except in Middle America where such things still matter, that among Neil Armstrong's extraterrestrial baggage was a special badge of his college fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. He used it symbolically to establish Moon Alpha Chapter...
...award means that McDonnell Douglas will retain the mix of civilian-military sales that have helped make it the nation's most profitable aerospace firm (1968 earnings: $95 million, on revenues of $3.6 billion). Deliveries of Douglas' DC-8 and DC-9 airliners entered a decline this year, and production of McDonnell's phenomenal F-4 Phantom, still the U.S.'s most versatile combat plane, has passed its peak as well. The new business should rebuild the company's backlog, which now stands at $2.6 billion. Still, profits may decline for the next year...