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...most significant results pro- duced by the apparatus is that a much clearer understanding of the flow phenomenan called "surge" has been gained. When air is sucked into the compressor of a jet engine, there are certain air speeds at which the whole air mass pulsates. "Surge is a disaster when it occurs," according to Richard Kronanuer, instructor in Applied Science and a researcher on the project. "When the air in the jet engine begins to pulsate, the pilot has only one choice: he must land or have his engine put out of commission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Carries on Aeronautical Research . . . | 2/27/1953 | See Source »

...Chairman Reed's bill to cut individual income taxes about 10% effective July 1. But both the House and Senate leaders (with White House blessing) were prepared to roadblock H.R.-1, and any other tax-cut bill, at least until mid-May-when the budget picture will be clearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Program | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...come along since the war. He put his proposals to the country as fast as he put them to the Assembly, then calmly told the Deputies: here it is; approve it, or give the responsibility to someone else. The reaction from back home suddenly sounded louder & clearer than the Parisian sidewalk café arguments so dear to French politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Man with a Voter's Face | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

...Reynolds is a rather young, man, and seemed quite nervous at the beginning of his recital. The opening Bach selections were marred by wrong notes and general muddiness, but the three Chorale-Preludes which followed sounded much clearer and more relaxed...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: Harvard Organ Society | 12/16/1952 | See Source »

...that he doesn't understand what the teacher is saying by merely pressing his own special button, wired to a meter on the professor's desk. The more buttons, pressed, the more the needle will quiver, and the more it will behoove the professor to make himself clearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

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