Word: belt
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...risk of fiery destruction. Up flashed a message from the Russian ground control station to Popovich: "Since your meter shows low temperature and humidity, and considering that you have completed your mission, make preparations to land on the 49th orbit. Check your ship's interior safety belt, the safety belt key, the seat catapult switch and the condition of your space suit. The wind velocity at the landing site is seven to nine meters per second...
...into another accident. This time the car was going 40; the driver and two other passengers wound up in a hospital. But Campy was unhurt. Having learned the hard way that most traffic accidents happen at low speeds and close to home, the ex-ballplayer was wearing a seat belt-a safety device that his friends could not be bothered with...
...California Highway Patrol has made detailed studies of 699 accidents in which the driver was wearing a seat belt, and compared the results with crashes involving unbelted drivers. Seat belts, the patrolmen concluded, prevented injury in 42% of the accidents, reduced the severity of injuries in 16%, and prevented death in almost...
...flyblown small-town hotel, but it has a space-age name, SCAMA (Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement), and it is the center of the world's only global voice communication network. By flicking a switch, SCAMA's operator can talk clearly and instantaneously with NASA stations that belt the globe, including such odd spots as Kano, Nigeria, and Woomera in Australia's desert. When an astronaut is aloft, SCAMA can follow his voice sweeping all the way around the earth...
...judo expert himself (black belt, second class), President Isamu Kuwabara, 48, of Tokyo's Morozoff Brewing Co., believes that judoists make the best salesmen "because they are extra flexible in thinking and have tons of fighting spirit." He may have a point. With a sales staff that includes 15 black-belt holders, Kuwabara last year grossed $4,170,000 selling liqueurs in a nation that used to tipple on sake and beer only. Now also sold in the U.S. by California Importer Lou Lamishaw, who expects to peddle $2,000,000 worth this year, Kuwabara's liqueurs...