Word: brakes
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Social Climber. In Sequoia National Park, Calif., a big black bear was taken for a long ride into the woods by rangers after he broke into two convertibles and took off food, released the brake of a third car and drove it into a ditch, climbed onto the roof of a lodge and fell through the skylight...
...small but dedicated group of economists, believe that the gold standard is the only answer to the world's present monetary problems, such as inflation and a concentration of capital. They believe that a return to the rigid fiscal discipline of the gold standard would act as a brake on inflation by preventing governments from overspending, head off world recessions by doing away with the excesses that lead to them. A full gold standard, as they see it, would also put a damper on sudden expansions of credit not backed by gold, help stabilize prices, and step...
...water-injection system used to boost takeoffs, bugs in the air-conditioning and pressurization system, even burnt-out lights over the passenger seats. On one occasion an American jet sat on the ground for several hours waiting for a replacement for a burnt-out taillight. Other gremlins: leaking brake fluid, inaccurate fuel-tank gauges, cracked cockpit windows...
...seems that immigrants from Italy," said Minister Fairclough, "immediately they come to this land, want to bring out their brothers and sisters and other relatives." To put a brake on this Italian custom and help restore the old immigration pattern, the Cabinet last week adopted an order-in-council suspending the free immigration of Canadian residents' non-dependent relatives from Italy-not to mention the rest of Continental Europe (except France), Lebanon, Israel and Latin America...
...Soldat in 1918, and orchestras have beefed up their percussion sections to four or five men. To mount last week's concert, Price had to rent some of his gaudier noisemakers, but one favorite set of instruments he already had on hand: the eight Ford and Chevrolet brake drums that he picked up two years ago in an automobile junk yard. Still missing from the ensemble's instrument list: the jawbone...