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...about 196 m.p.h. with the flaps retracted. In a turn with the wings banked at 17 degrees, the kind that jets often make when climbing away from Idlewild's runway 31-L, the stalling speed goes up to about 215 m.p.h. A 707 flying below that speed is apt to lower a wing and dive toward the ground. According to competent eyewitnesses, this is what American's 707 did. The stall, if it was a stall, might have been caused by retracting the flaps, which give the wing extra lift, before the plane had reached flying speed...
...education, made major revisions in Wisconsin's tax structure for the first time in 50 years, revamped recreational facilities with a $50 million conservation program. Against Alex Wiley, ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an unassailable moderate on domestic issues, Nelson's battle is apt to be uphill...
...Rutherford, it occurs to me, is not properly appreciated in this country. It's not that she's completely unknown--the Boulting brothers have given her enough bit parts recently, and one remembers her dimly as somebody's aunt in I'm All Right, Jack. But most people are apt to be content simply to recognize her bulk; and, having distinguished her from all those other clever English actors, they smile happily, rather like a city boy able to name a curious country flower, and forget all about...
...only authentic Japanese in the Boston area opened , one wondered if it wouldn't better named "Gate of Hell" of "Rashomon." Service was ; only a handful of dishes was and the kitchen was apt to run food by 8:30. This was all to those who had been forward to eating real sukiyaki empura only a few blocks from Square. Fortunately, the was due only to an in-experienced staff, so that in a month or two the Rashomon developed into a very good restaurant...
...Japanese farmer, who traditionally sold his daughters into prostitution to tide the family over bad times, now equips his wife with gleaming appliances and works his tiny fields with a motor plow. In the big cities, housemaids, who 20 years ago lived in something approaching involuntary servitude, are now apt to carry a transistor radio tucked away in their handbags, may even be putting a few dollars a month into mutual funds...