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Wood won his medal at Dursburg in a boat fitted with a sliding rigger, which means that the rower sits in a fixed seat and the our assembly moves back and forth. From the standpoint of physics, it means a faster boat, because instead of a 190-pound oarsman moving back and forth, a 30-pound set of oars is moving back and forth...
...necessary for gathering intelligence. Without extremely sophisticated equipment, which would require visible changes in the shape of the jet and the addition of large antennas, a high-altitude flight at night by a 747 would have little use in reconnaissance. Such a mission would be worthless from the U.S. standpoint, since American satellites and the RC-135s provide far more detailed intelligence than any modified 747 could. The U.S. has never sent out a 747 on a spy mission, Air Force sources insist. Korean President Chun Doo Hwan was vehement in his denial of the spying charge. Said he: "Nobody...
...privately owned, its books are closed).U.P.I, gained a net of six newspapers this year, and says the second quarter was its best ever for new business: $11 million. Predicts Ruhe: "I think we will break even by the first quarter of next year." Contends Geissler: "From a business standpoint, the turnaround of U.P.I, has been done...
From the police's standpoint, it was a routine undercover procedure, a smalltime heroin sting. The "dealer" in the Washington motel room last Monday night was a District of Columbia policeman. The buyers were two unwise young men: the acquaintance who set them up with the dealer was a police informer. In short order, five parcels, half a gram of heroin in each "nickel bag," were exchanged for $150. The dupes headed outside, into a circle of four waiting police officers. Winston Prude, 32, a lawyer, panicked and stuffed one of the nickel bags into his mouth...
...record labels view video from a different standpoint economics. Video presents a less expensive alternative to touring as a method of promoting a new band. "Spend $20,000 on a video, aired once on MTV, and seven million people will see it. On a tour, that pays for ten gigs, with maybe 100 people at each one" calculates A & M Records' Hernando Cartwright Epic's Wingate added "since a video is far more effective, almost every artist would rather have a video...