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...Navy and Air Force take tip surveillance of the area; radar tracking crews from Alaska to New Guinea stand by their gear. On one of these days, a small, swift object rises steeply from the Kamchatka Peninsula. It soars into space on a curve 500 miles high, curves downward even more swiftly toward the danger area. For a few seconds it glows like a meteor, trailing a bright streak of flame. Then out of the sea rises a dome of fire 20 miles across. The sea boils as if a volcano had poked through the crust of the earth...
...controls, at present, Houser said: "The vast majority of people conduct their affairs with prudence. When the ratio of credit extended exceeds the rate of repayment by from 2% to 2.5% of disposable income, a correction occurs on the part of the consumer. Indications are good that a turn downward in the growth of consumer debt is under way right...
...from a blast of air blown out through a big hole in its belly. The air comes in through the nose, is compressed and speeded up by a jet engine driving internal propellers. Then part of the air strikes deflectors that look a little like a Venetian blind. Turned downward, the air gives lift that supports the aerodyne. Part of the air, plus gas from the engine, can be shot toward the rear to give horizontal thrust and propel the aerodyne forward...
Boston had a daylight low of 6 degrees at 9:30 a.m., and an afternoon high of 10 degrees at 2 p.m. Then the temperature started downward again, with 2 below forecast for Boston and 10 below for its suburbs...
Basic principle : heated air is blown downward continually from a grill above the doorway, sucked into a grill in the floor...