Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blueprinted, the plan calls for at least ten subs, and perhaps 20, stationed at points in the Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Without surfacing, a sub crew could launch sixteen 28,500-lb. missiles up through the water and into the sky within 15 minutes. And moments after launching, the sub could be well on its escape route, beyond any known Russian sub-finding capability. With the minimum ten subs on station, the U.S. Navy would be sitting within striking distance of 95% of the more populated Communist cities...
...speed-happy crew at Daytona Beach whipped through the safety tests at a far faster clip than the Sunday driver would dare. Contestants took off in the maneuverability trials with wheels screeching, barreled into intersections at 50 m.p.h. and jammed their brakes to the floor in a panic stop. In the passing trials, those whose cars had automatic transmissions rode behind the pace car with left foot on the brake, right foot heavy on the throttle. When the time came to pass, they simply released the brake. Already revving up to almost full power, the engine shot them ahead with...
...students" who travel with him. Their morals may be suspect, their sincerity and devotion superficial, their sanity questionable. But as representatives of a small, yet persistent minority opinion in America and as symbols of age-old hatreds they are more than amusing, far less than frightening. Wang and his crew are worth remembering, if only as a proof that there are people like that...
...points out that landing on one of the small moons of Mars would cost practically nothing. The outer moon, Deimos, is about five miles in diameter, and has hardly any gravitation. The spaceship could drift toward it and, without expending fuel, come aboard as gently as thistledown. Then the crew would get a free ride around Mars, circling the planet every 30 hours and studying its surface from the fairly convenient distance of 12,500 miles. For a closer look they could shuttle to the inner moon, Phobos, which circles Mars only 3,700 miles away...
Individualistic Crew. Owner Mario Peironi provides accordion accompaniments, tends bar occasionally, takes time out to frisk departing bocce bowlers (who sometimes go west with the expensive balls). He also superintends his singers, who are an individualistic crew. Most independent of the lot: Tenor Armido Lembi, a 35-year-old worker in a chocolate factory, who draws bravos when he sings but refuses to show up more than once a week. Says exasperated Impresario Peironi: "God gave him a great gift, and he won't use it. I even offered him a job as bartender, just...