Winglets Save Billions of Dollars in Fuel Costs. During the 1970s, the focus at Dryden Flight Research Center shifted from high-speed and high-altitude flight to incremental improvements in technology and aircraft efficiency.
Scorekeeper. Definition. The national media who keep track of and help make political reputations, note who is being mentioned as a presidential candidate, and help decide who is winning and losing in Washington politics.
Meanings to keep record of the scores in a game, etc. and to make or add a point for one's side in a game, etc. both attested from 1742. The slang sense, in reference to men, achieve intercourse first recorded 1960. Meaning to be scorekeeper, to keep the score in a game or contest is from 1846.