Word: ballooned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plane sends a 400-lb., do-it-yourself kit drifting downward by parachute. The bulky package, which is buoyant enough to float if it lands on water, contains a cylinder filled with helium and 500 ft. of woven nylon line with a special suit attached to one end, a balloon to the other. The man to be rescued must be in good enough physical shape to do a few simple things: put on the suit and inflate the balloon with helium. Once the big bag rises to the full length of the line, the rest of the operation begins...
...puffed Utopia, Limitedinto the brightest, most bouyant, and most opulent Gilbert and Sullivan balloon I have seen...
...successful pursuit of French funds and official recognition to a species of boudoir statesmanship. Despite his celebrated gynecophilia, rare Ben is, after all, 70 years old in 1776, and his torpid romancing of Louis XVI's mistress (Ulla Sallert) has to consist mostly of gallant guff and one balloon ascension...
Into the Wire. For nine days the races went on-hair-raising stunt competitions (one pilot painted his name in big letters upside down on his plane for easier reading), a balloon race, skydiving, a pylon race for ladies. During the cavalry-charge start, one plucky aviatrix banked so boldly that she clipped a wing on the ground, somehow landed safely, and climbed out cursing her evil luck. But all that was minor compared to the big show: the pylon race for unlimited class planes, souped-up World War II Mustangs and Grumman Bearcats capable of speeds...
Every kid who has ever puffed out his cheeks blowing up a sausage-shaped toy balloon has marveled that anything as immaterial as air can make the thin rubber so rigid and strong. This week the Bauer & Black division of Boston's Kendall Co. is putting on the general market an inflatable splint based on the same simple principle, but made of heavy, transparent plastic...