Word: amphibian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thalidomide, if taken long and strong enough could revert man back to the amphibian stage...
...called in the engineers who developed the Hovercraft (TIME, June 22, 1959), an amphibian that floats above land or water on a cushion of air. Eventually, they devised a "bed" with twelve 6-in. jets arranged four to a side, with two at each end, and through them they pumped 2,000 cu. ft. of air a minute. The inward-facing jets created their own curtained cushion from which the air escaped at a smooth, continuous rate, equal to the input rate...
...ranks with an 8-ft. high jump, a 16-ft. pole vault, or a 100-yd. dash run in less than 9 sec. Slender (155 Ibs., 5 ft. 11 in.) for a swimmer, Clark plans to put on twelve more pounds "in the right places" for added strength. An amphibian prodigy who started swimming in earnest at the age of four, Schoolboy Clark is confident that his 100-yd. record will be broken, but he hopes to be the one to do it. Says he: "I certainly don't think I've reached my fastest...
...Start an Engine. As captain, Quesada had been on assignment as adviser to the Argentine Air Force for close to three years when he was ordered back to the States in late 1940. On his own, he took off in an old Grumman amphibian that the U.S. Navy wanted returned to the country. Laden with five 5-gal.gas cans, a pair of pliers, a tire casing and some safety wire, Quesada chugged along having himself a fine time. He fished in the lake region of Argentina, threaded through the Andes ("with the Christ of the Andes above my head...