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Though the thrust supplied by the new fuel is lower than the performance of conventional liquid propellants, it has some distinct advantages. It does away with the necessity of disposing of its major ingredient in space, and scientists calculate that because a MONEX W rocket will manufacture part of its fuel in flight, it will actually have less lift-off weight than a conventionally fueled rocket designed for the same long-range mission...
...Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?), the movie was also a significant departure in its simply stated moral theme. In Snow White, Disney and his staff met the challenge of creating believable characters. Each of the seven dwarfs, from sober-sided Doc to dim-bulb Dopey, had a distinct personality. In Cinderella, a handful of Disney creations nearly stole the show: the bloodthirsty but fatuous cat Lucifer, and the nimble mice, Jaq and Gus-Gus. Millions of children the world over grew up convinced that Disney wrote as well as drew such tales as The Sleeping Beauty and Peter...
...Liveright, still strapped, was ready to unload his Modern Library, a shelf of 950 reprint classics whose only liability was a distinct and unpleasant odor emanating from the binding glue. Cerf rounded up Donald Klopfer, put the arm on his Wall Street uncle, and snapped up the Modern Library, smell and all, for $200,000. Within three years, Klopfer and Cerf, having retired their debts, decided to branch out by publishing a few new books at random. Thus was Random House born...
...phenomena; fluidic circuits are still relatively cumbersome and are generally more expensive than their electronic counterparts. In addition, the speed of fluidic devices is limited by the maximum velocity of a pressure wave through the fluid-which is the relatively slow speed of sound. This places them at a distinct disadvantage in competition with electronic computers, which are limited in speed only by their size and the velocity of an electrical impulse-the speed of light...
...most brides, the guide during the transitional years was Irma Rombauer's Joy of Cooking, a primer that marked a distinct advance upon Fannie...