Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...jets are slow at low altitude). Air conditions were ideal; the aircraft and its Pratt & Whitney J-75 engine were new but carefully chosen. In earlier tests, the engine had been revved up until its temperature reached the highest permissible level, and the fuel-input control was set at that point...
When Rogers reached 40,000 ft., he leveled off, and a ground radar guided him toward the 18 km. (eleven mile) course that is specified by the F.A.I. (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) in Paris. He lit the afterburner and opened the fuel control to the limit. Quickly, the ship accelerated past Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound). The F.A.I, specifies that an airplane trying for a straightaway, level-flight record must not climb or dive more than 164 ft. over the course. To respect these narrow limits at better than 1,500 m.p.h...
...latest high-speed drills (up to 300,000 r.p.m.), a $40,000 anesthesia setup; such safeguards as visible-image electrocardioscopes, audible heart-tone monitors, pacemakers, defrbrillators and resuscitation gear. Besides specialized laboratories, diet kitchens and sterilization rooms, there are 30 recovery rooms for outpatients. Rooms for inpatients have pushbutton control of draperies and TV sets, plus individual patios. The rates ($50 a day semiprivate, $60 private) are only about half what they would be in general hospitals since they include all drugs, care and X rays...
...budget in balance, the U.S., says British Economist Graham Hutton. must take normal corrective measures to get its balance of payments in order. Button's prescription is for the U.S. to reduce foreign commitments, get overseas allies to carry more of the load, get internal costs under control. "If you don't stabilize your wage costs," says he, "you will lose export orders, lose gold and get unemployment. It is as simple as that. You have the strongest economy in the world, the highest productivity in the world. There will be no need to devalue the dollar...
Vastly more important than the statistical competition is the competition of ideas: capitalism v. Communism, free enterprise v. state control. And here in 1959, the true strength of the U.S. was in the spread of its ideas through deeds and example around the globe. More and more nations demonstrated that they are not interested in Russian borsch or communal Chinese gruel. Having tasted free enterprise, they are determined to sit down to the entire meal. The position of the U.S. was never stronger. But it would have to keep on exercising its leadership. FRB's Martin puts it flatly...