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...France there are Negro representatives in the Chamber of Deputies...
Fierce Fluid. A typical hybrid is a comparatively simple product of a complex science. It is basically a pressurized tank for liquid oxidizer, behind which sits a combustion chamber lined with solid fuel. The two propellants are usually hypergolic-they ignite spontaneously when they come in contact with each other. A valve permits a jet of oxidizer to squirt into the rear chamber, combustion begins, and a hot, high-temperature flame roars out of the nozzle. The oxidizer valve can be used as a throttle to reduce the thrust and the engine can be stopped and started any number...
...some U.T.C. hybrids. Aerojet-General Corp. has a different kind of baffle that is said to get 95% . The Reaction Motors Division of Thiokol Chemical Corp. believes that good burning under variable conditions can best be had by injecting extra oxidizer near the rear of the combustion chamber or downstream from the baffles...
...Oregon abolished capital punishment. As a result, the sentences of three prisoners awaiting the state's gas chamber were commuted by Governor Mark Hatfield to life imprisonment...
Organized just two years ago, the octet (four men, four women) sings fugues and preludes by vocally approximating the sounds of chamber-music instruments. Put to the swinging four-beat rhythm of string bass and drums, the sound is surprisingly engaging, with a distinctly joyous air about it. Their two albums, Bach's Greatest Hits and Going Baroque, have sold more than 250,000 copies and won for them this year's Grammy Award as the best new recording artists of the year. Last May they were imported for a presidential concert at the White House...