Word: closed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drops back into the atmosphere, the pilot must match his speed to the density of the air. As the air grows thicker at lower altitudes, he must slow down to keep the heat of friction from softening his wings. If he comes too close to the danger point, he will veer upward into thinner air to let his plane cool off. Slowed down and cooled off, the X-15 can then glide to the ground, landing on a pair of nosewheels and two skids near the tail...
...public pronouncements. It is no accident that at last week's 125th anniversary convocation, three of four outside speakers - the Ford Foundation's Henry Heald, the Carnegie Foundation's John Gardner and Standard Oil of New Jersey's retired Board Chairman Frank Whittemore Abrams - were close to the strings of huge corporate purses...
...first issue opens with a pretentious foreword ("In the beginning was the word"), plods through some humdrum popular singing, purrs with the coquetry of Cinemorsel Brigitte Bardot as she chats about Boy Friend Sacha Distel ("I'm at the end of the world with Sacha"). Sonorama comes close to justifying Editor Claude-Maxe's lofty claims with two superb records of last summer's drama, when France wobbled between chaos and revolution: General Jacques Massu hoarsely bellowing defiance from an Algerian balcony; rioters clashing on the Champs Elysees; De Gaulle solemnly telling a press conference that...
Minus the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, wiry, grey-thatched Herb Mayes, 58, still had some of the seal's benefits. To get rid of him, Deems bought his contract, which ran for 2½ more years at a salary close...
...reason businessmen do not expect to pay more for their materials is that most commodity prices, which are quick to reflect inflationary pressures, have remained steady. The sensitive price index for 22 primary commodities, for example, remains close to the lows reached last fall. Since wholesale prices usually foretell retail prices, this promises well for the consumer. Another happy sign for the consumer is that consumer prices actually declined last month. Most businessmen agree that despite price increases in autos and a few other items, there will be few shifts in price levels over the next six to twelve months...