Word: pilot
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Lately, two firms have tried separately to register the symbol as a commercial trademark (the U.S. Patent Office has ruled that out). An Alexandria, Va., firm is now marketing a clip-on typewriter key bearing the symbol. One prospective customer is Sally Sanders, a reporter for the Redding, Conn., Pilot. She plans to type it at the end of her copy instead of the traditional...
...hunger and heat, never act impetuously, have unlimited patience, remain calm and cool and, above all, not get discouraged." Marighella recommends that this durable soul get in shape by "hiking, camping, mountain climbing, rowing, fishing and hunting." Additionally, he notes: "It is very important to learn how to drive, pilot a plane, handle a motorboat and have some knowledge of electronic techniques...
...note of sudden drama was injected into the meeting when Nixon was informed by an aide that a light aircraft carrying two U.S. generals had strayed across the Turkish border and made an emergency landing in Soviet Armenia. The President immediately told Gromyko that he hoped the generals, their pilot and a Turkish liaison officer would be released quickly. Gromyko responded that the Soviets would take the "necessary steps" to investigate the incident, which was apparently caused by bad weather. At week's end the foursome, including Major General Edward Scherrer and Brigadier General Claude McQuarrie Jr., remained...
...target today is a suspected enemy location near the gully behind that clump of trees," says the American Forward Air Controller (FAC) from a tiny spotter plane just above the treetops some 30 miles northwest of Saigon. On the receiving end of the message is a South Vietnamese pilot, Captain Hoang Manh Dzung, 28, who is flying a propeller-driven A-l Skyraider with a 4,000-lb. bomb load. Suddenly, standing the plane on its nose, Captain Dzung swoops down, releases a 500-lb. bomb and pulls adroitly out of the dive. After several more runs, the FAC radios...
...Professor Riesman suggests that "we may have to make do with incremental changes and small experiments, which could, however, become pilot models for larger changes." I fear that such marginal changes and minimal concessions could just as easily perpetuate an increasingly inadequate system-while undermining its legitimacy: a frequent result of incrementalism...