Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Freeport agreed to develop the Grand isle Block 18 dome (estimated reserves: upwards of 30 million tons), which was discovered in 1954 by Humble Oil & Refining Co. while drilling for oil under 45 ft. of water* six miles off the Louisiana coast. The two companies will split evenly the after-tax profits from production, which is due to start in 1960. But Freeport must first spend about $30 million in mining equipment and port facilities. To pay off its investment in Grand Isle Block 18, Freeport must mine 500,000 to 600,000 tons there every year-almost one-tenth...
Power Problem. The AEC did not say how feasible nuclear rockets look. Most scientific judgments about them have been pessimistic. Rocket motors develop their thrust by burning fuel with an oxidizer and expelling the products of combustion at high speed through a tail pipe. The energy of combustion is necessary to make the gases move fast, but the mass (weight) of the gases is also necessary. No mass, no thrust...
Knowledge of nuclear reactions has increased enormously in the last few years. Possibly AEC's scientists hope to develop an atomic explosive that exerts much of its force in one direction, as a "shaped charge" does. Such a charge might propel a missile without destroying it. The chances are, however, that the AEC rocketeers are using classified principles that laymen cannot even guess about...
After trying this revolutionary routine with 600 babies, Dr. Sackett is convinced that they have fewer feeding problems than average, less vomiting and diarrhea, and that they develop normally. Their mothers, he reports, are enthusiastic...
...easier. In the rough days before the film patrol kept jockeys civilized he took his share of spills. Over the years, in one way or another, he broke both legs, smashed a shoulder, fractured his spine, suffered a brain concussion and broke a foot. Somehow he also managed to develop a superb sense of timing. He learned how to break from the gate a stride on top, how to rate his horse when he was running in front. If he looked awkward in the saddle his knowing hands could still wring that extra effort out of his mount, that marginal...