Word: alonge
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Swim By Instrument. In the narrow Bering Straits between Alaska and Soviet Siberia, Nautilus kept well within U.S. waters, popped up its radar antenna only once for about 30 seconds to take a radar fix. Did the Russians detect them? Anderson thought not. Detouring along Alaska's northern coast to avoid clogged-up ice, Nautilus surfaced for the first time since Pearl Harbor to get a sure fix on a DEW-line radar station, then headed down again into the fantastic beneath-the-sea new world of mountains and deeps that is the nuclear submarine's true element...
Arbiter of Style. The reaction of visiting architects and the official press tended to be favorable. Professionals were struck by the U.S. technical know-how, analyzed plumbing, wiring and heating systems, wondered (along with many an American) "how you keep them in repair." No less an authority than Nikita Khrushchev endorsed modern architecture over the Russian style. Speaking to leaders of delegations to the architectural congress, Khrushchev said that the very buildings at the university, where the congress was held, are too elaborate and ornate. He recommended simpler buildings. And that, as one American in Moscow put it, should...
Second-quarter corporate reports last week showed that some industries hardest hit by recession were recovering their earning power. Steel profits were up over the first quarter; secondary companies still in the red were trimming their deficits. Westinghouse Electric reported, along with increased net, that June orders were the highest of the year. Oil companies, squeezed by depressed prices and increased costs, were still showing skidding earnings. But tobaccos were still riding high on price increases and the popularity of filter tips. General Motors, only one of the Big Three to stay in the black for the quarter, thought...
LUMBER PICKUP is finally on horizon in depressed Pacific Northwest. Prices last winter dipped close to modern lows, but recently have bounced up 5% to 10%, are approaching 1956 peaks. Major reason for the upturn: The cut in production, along with a rise in construction...
...helped set the mode with his trapeze look last winter, scored no such acclaim last week. While almost every other designer kept hemlines at the knees, Saint-Laurent lowered them some five inches to just 15 inches above the floor. No one else showed any signs of going along. In fact, one U.S. buyer who ordered some Dior dresses specified that they be delivered four inches shorter...