Word: compacting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...engine delivers as many horsepower-miles per gallon of gasoline as a standard automobile engine, and the exhaust gases are several hundred degrees cooler. While cooling systems for automobile gas turbines had been designed before, they were too bulky to be practical. Chrysler's system is so compact that the whole engine weighs only 600 Ibs., 200 Ibs. less than a standard Plymouth engine...
...choice of the two plays was well-considered. Schwarz' compact, realistic drama and Gregory's more experimental work set each other off to advantage and provided opportunities for a considerable range of dramatic expression...
Calling for the creation of a New England regional compact to provide increased educational opportunities in medicine and dentistry, the commission report emphasized that participating institutions must be prepared to increase enrollment by admitting more qualified students from the New England states...
...Conditioning. A compact, thermostat-controlled, heating-cooling-ventilating unit for automobiles was announced by Nash-Kelvinator Corp. The unit is installed under the hood and right front fender. By turning a knob, the motorist can switch on either the heating or the refrigerating element, bring in a stream of outside air warmed or cooled to the temperature set on the thermostat...
...People's Car. Nowhere is the resurgence of German men and machines more evident than in Germany's No. 1 auto company, Volkswagenwerk GMBH, and its boss, Heinz Nordhoff, 55, a compact (5 ft. 10½ in., 165 Ibs.) man with the steady eyes of a production whiz and the courtly manners of a diplomat. Six years ago, both Nordhoff and Volkswagen were part of the wreckage as Germany itself lay in the gutter of the world...