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...approached the peak of our climb, the relentless 4-g pressure was lifted and suddenly we slipped through a man-made loophole in the law of gravity: we weighed nothing...
With different starting altitudes, angles of climb and speeds, we repeated the maneuver 18 times in little more than an hour's flying. The 4-g phase was miserable for me, unaccustomed to it, and I felt befuddled for a few seconds after each pullout. As we homed to Langley (going supersonic on the way), Brett told me that he had felt as clearheaded during weightlessness as in any other acrobatic flight, had never for an instant forgotten his oil-pressure gauge, which might easily have dipped dangerously low in these maneuvers. His clearheadedness showed that training can make...
MACHINE-TOOL ORDERS, one of the economy's barometers, fell 22% from March to April after three months of climb. New orders in April totaled $28.3 million, with almost one-fourth from foreign lands, where automakers continue to buy U.S. tools...
...Wages do not drop or climb according to the supply of labor-or the amount of unemployment...
Driver James Stowe tested the shell of the wreckage and fired more sparks. To his passengers, Stowe made a grim announcement. If they stayed in their seats they would survive; if they tried to climb out, or touched metal, they would probably be electrocuted. Woodenly, 19 survivors huddled inside, gasped as they heard Melanie Jane whimpering close by. As the lightning flashed they could see the baby crawling back toward the bus. Chicago-bound Eduardo Ramos shouted for her to go back, to stay away. But in each glimpse she came closer. Suddenly, after an agonizing half-hour, there...