Word: deltas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visit tiny Cambodia, the war in Viet Nam seemed to be a more urgent topic of conversation. The chief foreign-policy concerns of both America and Russia now lie in Asia. U.S. congressional committees and other forums heatedly debate the stability of Asian regimes, the aspirations of the Mekong Delta peasants, the nature of Buddhism. Understanding Asia has become an urgent task...
With its drooping needle nose, its gracefully arched fuselage and towering tail, the craft seemed like a great caged goose. Standing on one of its flaring delta wings-large enough for 100 parked autos-four technicians looked as tiny as crickets. The whole craft was only 27 ft. shorter than a football field. Gleaming white against the backdrop of a gloomy hangar at Burbank, Calif., the behemoth was shown off for the first time this week by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. It is a $1,000,000 full-scale mockup of the Lockheed 2000, the plane that the company hopes will...
...York to Paris in 2 hr. 45 min.* The design draws on Lockheed's extensive experience with supersonic military planes, and engineers have added two safety-boosting innovations. The hinged nose dips 15° during takeoffs and landings so that pilots can see better. So-called "double-delta" wings-thinly tapered in front and broader at the rear-prevent stalling at low speeds, give extra stability in the treacherous turbulence of travel at Mach...
Sudden Passivity. The red carpet soon ran out when the march switched off Highway 51 into the Delta, where Negroes often outnumber white residents. Governor Johnson lost some of his own cool and decided to withdraw more than half of the protecting state convoy. In Greenwood police at first refused to let the marchers pitch their tents on school property, arresting three, including S.N.C.C. Leader Stokely Carmichael, when they tried. Most militant of all civil rights leaders, Carmichael, free on bond, shouted his anger: "We want black power! Every courthouse in Mississippi ought to be burned down...
...Pentagon gets preference on the production lines, and heavy military demand has led to a shortage of jet engines for the civilian market. With delivery delays as long as a month, United, Braniff, Delta, and other lines are planning to postpone new services or make do with piston planes. Two weeks ago, Eastern canceled 5% of its flights "temporarily;" Eastern has enough piston planes for those runs-but, oddly, not enough pilots with sufficient piston training. Promising a "round-the-clock" program to familiarize its jet-age crews with the old planes, Eastern said that it would be back...