Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Possibly the hairdos were a little moplike, and here and there a trace of baby fat still lingered. But the 52 young ladies who met in Dallas for a crack at the Miss Teenage America title were long on animal spirits. Miss Teenage Tampa appropriately won the turtle race with her pet "Knight," while dozens of girls danced the monkey and the bird. Miss Teenage Memphis disapproved, saying: "I feel I cannot live for God and participate in the vulgarity of some of the modern dances." When the feathers settled, the winner was a gleeful soprano, Carolyn Mignini...
...power. Best of all, say their boosters, hybrids are free of the complicated plumbing demanded by the liquids, and their inert fuel cannot cause an explosion. A solid-fuel rocket, on the other hand, has a "grain" (propellant mixture) that burns all over its surface. If the grain is cracked, the sides of the crack may start burning too; pressure may increase until the rocket explodes. The solid propellant can be riddled with cracks or even stacked up like bricks without increasing the burning rate...
...clamor for a civilian government, Huong had put together a Cabinet of younger men (average age: 47) than had ruled before. They were bureaucrats and technicians who in general were chosen for ability, not to satisfy political debts. The Cabinet was, in Huong's words, determined to "crack down on graft and nepotism, strengthen the economy, improve housing, education and health." What could be wrong with that? Plenty, according to powerful Ngu yen Xuan Chu, 73, acting chairman of the High National Council, a group of official watchdogs known to Saigon cynics as the "National Museum." Huffing that...
Resentment flared into the open two weeks ago as students and miners rioted in half a dozen towns. But with the army on his side, Paz squelched the uprising. Then last week, the army's crack Ingavi Regiment revolted in La Paz-and rebellion flamed through garrisons all around the country. From his home town of Cochabamba, where he had gone to avoid Paz, Barrientos openly denounced the President as ruthless and called on him to resign...
...third Midshipmen with a crack at the front ten is senior Bob Sermier, who has improved by leaps and bounds after a slow start this season. Captain Forrest Horton provides a solid fourth runner for Navy, but the Midshipmen's fifth man, so important in the Heps, could be way back in the pack...