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Word: chuted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...skeleton," Bibbia was running down the ice-slick Cresta sled run. His objective: a descent fast enough to win him the Cresta sledders' Carder Cup. Face low in the biting wind, his nose scant inches from the ice, Bibbia scudded into Curzon, the first turn on the twisting chute. The special, spike-toed Cresta shoes that were his only brakes were clear of the glass-hard groove as he slid along, and by the time he hit the straightaway at Junction, dropping as much as one foot for every three he covered, Bibbia was close to 70 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: St. Moritz Sleigh Ride | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

Badge of Courage. Anyone with a taste for such high-speed thrills and the price of a ticket to St. Moritz can try the Cresta chute for 24 Swiss francs ($5.60). During most of its accident-spotted, 72-year history, Cresta has catered to blue-blooded sportsmen-nobility and well-heeled wanderers with an urge to prove their courage by risking their necks. Only in 1948, when the Winter Olympics were held at St. Moritz, did Cresta-type sledding get worldwide recognition as part ot the games. But year after year the international brigade returns. There are always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: St. Moritz Sleigh Ride | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...official competition a jumper is judged on style, timing, and accuracy. A typical event requires the jumper to leave the plane at 5000 feet, stabilize within five seconds, hold this position for 20 seconds, open the 'chute and land as closely as possible to a marker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/24/1956 | See Source »

...three-fingered scanning device to reject slugs with holes in them. To reject more sophisticated slugs, he inserted a small anvil in his machines just below the coin slot; coins that were either too hard or too soft bounced off the anvil into slots leading to the coin-return chute. When cheaters dis covered slugs with just the right bouncing qualities, Leverone's engineers countered with electrical devices to test conductiv ity, gauges to measure dimensions, gadg ets to bite for traces of lead or tin. But for years, as fast as Leverone improved his machines, ingenious customers found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Keeper of the Coins | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

...supersonic bailout, Radioplane Co., a Northrop subsidiary, has devised a special parachute called the Skysail, packed tightly in a container that an air blast cannot tear open. When the pilot jumps, his hunched body slows down quickly. When his speed is subsonic (and the pilot is probably unconscious), the chute is designed to open gradually, distributing the shock over a longer interval than the standard parachute. Moreover, a special harness spreads the deceleration forces over a larger area of the pilot's body. If he is able to survive the hammer-like initial blow of the supersonic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Flight Log | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

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