Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...built by Bell. These ships are slightly longer than the X-1, and heavier (16,000 lbs.). Their rocket engines deliver 6,000 lbs. of thrust and should push the planes to nearly 1,600 m.p.h...
...first man-carrying plane to exceed the speed of sound (TIME, June 21, 1948). Now in the Smithsonian Institution, the chunky (34½ ft. long, 28 ft. wingspread) ship was built by Bell Aircraft Corp., had a rocket motor with 6,000 lbs. of thrust and was designed to fly more than 1,000 m.p.h...
This unification of three of the most important parts of Harvard's eight scattered botanical institutions involves a major shift in University policy. It is the result of a secret report by a nine-man Botanical Co-ordinating Committee, headed by Laird Bell '04, presented to the Board of Overseers on January...
...report, the Bell commission anticipated the criticism that it was neglecting the interests of the U.S. in favor of foreigners. But it agreed that if all its recommendations were accepted, annual imports would rise a mere $1 billion in the next five years, still leaving U.S. exports $2.8 billion more than imports...
Furthermore, such a level of imports might displace only 60,000 U.S. workers -or one in every 1,000-from their jobs. To take care of them, the Bell commission recommended Government aid in the form of extended unemployment insurance benefits and assistance in retraining workers for other jobs. The Government, said the report, could also help any hard-hit company to diversify its production and switch to other products. Concluded the report: "If this country does not soon take measures to facilitate an increase in imports, U.S. exports will decline and American industry and agriculture will be seriously affected...