Word: brakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Four Wheel Hydraulic Brake Corp. was organized in 1920 at Detroit. Duesenberg was the first licensee to use this company's design for hydraulic control of external braking bands...
Myrna Loy as the mother and Jeanne Crain as the eldest daughter are in their element. Long the queen of the understanding wives, Miss Loy is superb as the brake on Gilbreth's genius. Miss Crain, of course, has stars in her eyes; she is an ideal selection for the heroine of the high school prom...
Last week, in a 9-to-7 decision, Mexico's Supreme Court put a brake on the merry-go-round. In the case of a Torreón clerk who sneaked off to Viesca, 60 miles away, to get his decree without his wife's knowledge, the court ruled the divorce illegal. Reason: the suit had not been filed at the couple's legal residence...
...vacuum cleaner. As the whine increased, the car picked up speed. In 14 seconds it reached 60 miles an hour -more than twice as lively as low-priced U.S. cars. The Whizzard has almost no vibration, and it needs no gear shift. The only control pedals are the brake and the foot throttle...
Slichter also expects the demand for housing and autos to continue long enough to brake the decline...