Word: disks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weight was down from 180 lbs. to 117 [ thought I had only six or seven months to live," he says. Though he lived longer, his health continued to deteriorate. He underwent surgery for intestinal trouble, and for a while he was in traction because of a slipped spinal disk. On top of all that, it was clear to his doctors that four years after the stabbing, Gormley had a heart problem. They sent him to National Jewish Hospital in Denver, where "None may enter who can pay, none can pay who enter " By the time he got to Denver...
Pouring out of the computer at 600 words per minute, the justified tape is passed into three Photon machines. Controlled by the holes in the tape, light passes through a whirling glass disk on which the alphabet is printed; letters are automatically selected and words recorded on photographic paper...
...with the engine (which was developed in 1954 by Felix Wankel, a German engineer). The Wankel replaces conventional pistons and cylinders with a triangular rotor, has only two major moving parts and weighs much less than conventional engines. Other engineering trends showed off: a swing toward a combination of disk and drum brakes even in some of the lower-priced cars, reduction in the number of lubrication points, wider use of double carburetors to provide better fuel mixtures...
...nimble, lower-priced Fiats. As always, the Rolls-Royce exhibit drew large crowds. They may have been looking at a dying swan. The rumor in Britain is that at the London auto show next month the company will unveil a new Rolls with a lower, less boxy profile, disk brakes and independent suspension for the rear wheels...
...integration are now the lyrical concern of the impressionable young has caused alarm in some quarters. Attempts to impose a blanket ban on Eve of Destruction have failed, but on grounds of taste many radio stations have decided on their own not to play it. Says Los Angeles' Disk Jockey Bob Eubanks: "How do you think the enemy will feel with a tune like that No. 1 in America?" Some rock jockeys play it safe by allotting equal air time to The Dawn of Correction, an "answer song" intoned by the Spokesmen...