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...passenger in such a plane (the Lockheed TF-80C is the only two-place fighter-type jet in the U.S.) is an oddly soothing sensation. The cockpit is remarkably quiet for a military airplane. Little engine noise gets into it; most of the roar and snarl is blown back with the wake. The air ducts grumble below the floor; a ventilator hisses. When the plane is up to speed, the airstream rushing over the canopy makes a moderate, roar. There is hardly any vibration. Experienced pilots say that the plane handles "like a kiddie-car." When it makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: More Power to You | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

Corn. Estimated to be 2,660,680,000 bu.; was 2,900,581,000 bu. last year; sold currently at 80c to 90c a bushel. The U. S. leads the world in production. Next is Argentina which produces one-tenth as much. Iowa leads the U. S. The 1926 crop is excellent in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska. Rain is needed in Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas. In Georgia the crop has ripened late. Cold weather has injured the Wisconsin stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Crops | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

...small but red-eyed turkey gobbler was mated with a large chicken. Eggs were laid, hatched, and a barnyard hybrid stepped forth which the breeder, one Roy Beck, called a turken. "Its meat combines the delicacy of chicken with the flavor of turkey." "Turkens will bring 70c to 80c a pound next November," said Breeder Beck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Fish v. Oyster | 12/14/1925 | See Source »

...Original Bill may be succinctly described as a tax on everything and everybody. The proceeds would be used to feed a sinking fund for the retirement of the French domestic debt. Specific provisions: 1) A head tax of 20 francs (80c) a year on everyone in France. 2) A tax on all "real property" amounting in general to one and a half times the income derived from it in 1925, and payable either in a lump sum or in installments over 14 years. 3) A tax on all business, amounting to one-half the average yearly profits for the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Fiscal Babel | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

Recently increased stock of spring and summer neckwear - including Ottoman silks, brocade pique and plain and fancy pique. Prices raging frm 20c. to 80c. Two grades of fine full-dress shirts constantly in stock. Also, same to order from samples (with embroidered and pique besoms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Co-operative Society Bulletin. | 5/24/1887 | See Source »

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