Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Some say Peters collapsed twelve times," wrote Watson. "I counted seven times, not noting the moments when he half-rose, then fell back again . . . [Peters] had no control over his body. He pulled himself along on his bottom, then crawled on his hands and knees . . . What he was doing had nothing to do with sport or competition . . . I say it would be impossible to libel that group of badge-wearing sadists who allowed Peters to make a spectacle of himself on that track...
...Force island (nickname: "Texas Tower") will probably be a steel barge, some 200 ft. long, with 100-ft., tubelike caissons, each 6 ft. in diameter, running through vertical holes close to its sides. At the designated site, the caissons will be dropped and poked deep into the ocean bottom. Compressed-air jacks will inch the barge up its caissons, out of reach of waves and stormy seas. Then the caissons will be pile-driven into the mud, cut off and welded flush with the deck, then covered with flooring. Sand or concrete will be poured into the caissons for added...
...island has been built (the planned total is an Air Force secret), no exact location announced. But survey ships are already at sea, taking samples of the ocean bottom to determine the firmest anchorages for the new stations. By next spring, construction will be under way. Air Force target date for completion of the entire chain: 1957. Total estimated cost (excluding radar equipment): $15 to $20 million...
Magnetic Maid. A cleaning device that attracts dust and dirt magnetically into small piles for easier sweeping has been put on the market by Damar Products, Inc. of Newark, N.J. "Magnetik Sweeper" has rubber ridges on the bottom, which create electrostatic action. Price...
...Kenneth concedes that "practically no member of the Authority knows much about television. We have no offices, no staff and no equipment. We are starting from the bottom upwards, not even from the floor up, but from the earth." Even so, ITA hopes to have three transmitters telecasting within a year. The commercial TV shows will be created by specially licensed "program contractors" who, after buying air time from ITA, may then sell advertising space to sponsors. The commercials will be limited to the beginning and end of shows, or during a "natural" break in the program, but sponsors...