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...rein, while the only thing a bareback rider can hang onto is a leather belt, fastened around the horse's belly. It isn't enough merely to stay on for 8 sec.; each cowboy is also rated on the quality of his ride-which means spurring the horse into frantic action. But not too frantic. On a saddle bronc, says Mahan, "you will have to spur fore and aft. If you spur him in the belly, he'll toss you into the grandstand." On a bareback ride, the idea is to "keep your body back and roll...
Sheer necessity will no doubt soon mother the invention of improved alphanumeric systems. Necessity will also spur the development of fully automatic landing techniques, of collision warning systems, of more effective ways to control aircraft flying under visual flight rules. In the meantime, the bulk of the burden must be borne by the 14,000 controllers in towers and control centers. By intensive training and concentration, these highly trained men have learned to control as many as 21 radar blips?each representing an airplane?at a time. They have learned to steel themselves against confusion and panic, no matter...
Speaking softly but intensely, Rustin told a group of reporters that coalition of trade unions, religious groups, and students can be the spur to the faltering steps of the war on poverty. Putting the Freedom Budget into effect--the plan to spend $185 billion over the next ten years in a massive on- slaught against poverty -- should be the aim of the coalition, Rustin said...
...Costa told Brazilians last week, "will be the most profound root of my government." Gently divorcing himself from the harsh economic and social controls that made Castello Branco un popular, Costa promised more homes, hospitals, schools and "comforts" for the poor, and a broad program of public works to spur national development and investment...
...France, it is generally agreed that growth will continue, if at a lesser rate than the spectacular 25.5% of 1966. There is one catch: a continued bad domestic-sales record may spur further exports by Germany and even Great Britain, which has sagged sadly in this area. This would, of course, slice into France's foreign market that last year accounted for nearly 40% of her sales...