Word: airtight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...happened? As it turned out, the Edsel was a classic case of the wrong car for the wrong market at the wrong time. It was also a prime example of the limitations of market research, with its "depth interviews" and "motivational" mumbo-jumbo. On the research, Ford had an airtight case for a new medium-priced car to compete with Chrysler's Dodge and DeSoto, General Motors' Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick. Studies showed that by 1965 half of all U.S. families would be in the $5,000-and-up bracket, would be buying more cars in the medium...
...problem for the new Theatre is its acoustics. During the summer several amplification arrangements were tried; the one used for Much Ado, the sole proscenium production, turned out to be the best. But the acoustics are still not wholly satisfactory; perhaps the solution demands a concave roof and solid, airtight walls...
...sealed space craft, what becomes of the body heat generated by a passenger? A guinea pig wrapped in a plastic bag would boil to death in its own heat in 15 minutes. And a man in an airtight capsule would cook himself in seven minutes. Last week Project Mercury researchers reported they had found a solution to the problem. The spaceman's body heat will be absorbed by a circulating water system. The water will boil, and the steam will be vented into space in a long, thin, man-made vapor trail...
Argonne's new facility contains a series of airtight compartments. Each will be equipped with miniature machines and filled with helium to prevent spontaneous combustion. The ingots of plutonium, about the size of a matchbox, will be handled by remote control, or through the 1,576 "glove ports," where the workers put their hands into long rubber gloves fitted to holes in the glass viewing panels...
Brandeis' record this spring is one and one. A ten-inning tie game with Coast Guard was called on account of rain, while the Judges were outscored by B.C., 10 to 6. The team features an airtight infield and several fast outfielders. When Kirby is on the mound, the Judges present one of the best defensive nines in the league...