Word: absorber
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nation's largest manufacturer of banking equipment, with 1965 sales of $77 million from safes, depositories, pneumatic tubes, etc. Last week, after Litton Chairman Charles B. Thornton and Diebold President Raymond Koontz agreed on a swap of stock worth about $93 million, Litton announced a "preliminary" deal to absorb Diebold...
...must the seats in commercial aircraft face forward? Why not let the seat absorb the "front lash" and the seat belt keep us in place if we must crash...
...theoretically prohibits builders from passing that 5% "discount" on to home buyers, the industry has long since learned how to hide such costs in the sale price of its product. In the sale of existing homes under FHA, the "discount" inflates prices almost automatically because the seller must absorb the entire amount...
...Pininfarina, and the Secura, designed by the research branch of Quattroruote, the Italian auto magazine. Both cars have sliding doors that cannot spring open on impact, collapsible steering columns, heavily padded interiors, pop-out front and rear windows, and a body that sandwiches an extra-strong passenger compartment to absorb collision forces...
Coach Bill McCurdy stresses his team's resilience, its ability to absorb losses and still come out on top. "We worked much harder than last year's squad," McCurdy said yesterday. "This is as good as any team we've ever had and maybe better...