Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact that Russia has no common border with Syria; between them sits Turkey, most powerful and best-armed nation in the Middle East, as well as Turkey's Baghdad Pact neighbors of Iraq and Iran. The London Times described the situation as Russia's "political parachute drop." The Russians have not marched into Syria; they were invited...
...Nothing but Quiet." As the night wore on, the helium in his balloon cooled and contracted, and Simons began to drop at 500 ft. a minute toward the storms that looked as harmless as tiny powder-puffs. Soon the balloon was down to 68,400 ft., and the temperature inside the gondola dropped to 34° F. Simons pulled on a warming suit over his figure-hugging space suit, dumped some ballast (including two spent batteries), and climbed back to safety. An hour before sunrise, he radioed a plea to the ground: "I've got to get some sleep...
...open letter to the Becks, Managing Editor E. R. McCullough explained: "Frankly, we believed the Skakels on Saturday night and Monday morning, and we suppose we've got to go along with their latest story . . . If you have any thoughts on adult delinquency, I wish you'd drop me a note...
Built-in Cushion. Most other plane makers admitted to austerity, but they were not alarmed. Washington had tipped them months ago to the coming cutbacks, and they had slowly geared for them. To cushion the drop in F8U production, Chance Vought is counting on missile contracts for its Regulus and heavy orders for a faster, improved all-weather F8U, which it now has on the drawing boards. Douglas figures that its $2.5 billion backlog and its big business in missiles and commercial jets can easily absorb the slack of the Skyhawk stretch-out. And to help offset the stretch...
...peak that had been expected. The stretch-outs, in total, will cause far fewer layoffs than earlier anticipated. Last week the Pentagon estimated that this year's $1 billion to $1.5 billion slash in aircraft orders will trim the industry's payroll by 5%-a drop of 40,000 workers from the total 800,000. Since the industry has a high labor turnover, much of this cut will be accomplished simply by not replacing workers who quit. By year's end Douglas will reduce its 76,000-man force by 8,000, and Lockheed will shrink...