Word: compartmentation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Copilot. In Los Angeles, after arresting Lyle Gann for drunken driving, police searched his car, in the trunk compartment found his wife Wilda, who explained: "I knew he would get drunk, so I stowed away so I could drive him home . . ."
* And its rear engine the butt of many a joke. Sample: First American, looking under the hood of his stalled Volkswagen: "No wonder it won't run. I must have lost my engine." Second American, approaching from his own Volkswagen: "Don't worry; you're lucky. I...
Guided by Ground Controlled Approach (G.C.A.), the pilot headed in. In the observer's compartment, the scopehead had the landing strip firmly fixed on his radarscope, and could have directed the landing without help from G.C.A. if required. But the scopehead kept still, let G.C.A. do the talking. G.C.A...
Dr. Miles's advice: green filters for sun glare should be lifted out of the way at night, and colored glasses should be left in the glove compartment.
Beer & Skittles. Next day, refreshed by this news, and by water from a nearby spring, Bedrich and Marian Cech took a desperate chance. Armed with their tools and Marian's lumberyard identification, they marched straight up to the stationmaster and told him that they had been sent to expedite...