Word: engineeer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Pomona cars were masterpieces of mechanical ingenuity. Most had once been stock Detroit or foreign coupés, roadsters, and sedans. But no auto dealer would recognize them now. They all mounted mammoth, supercharged power plants-a 650-h.p. Chrysler engine in a 1932 Ford (standard h.p.: 60), a...
Another of his earlier mass-produceable structures, the Dymaxion house, revolutioned architecture during the 'twenties. Utilizing production techniques from the aircraft and automobile industries, Fuller made this the first attempt to apply modern technology to dwellings. The hexagonal house had no foundations; it hung from a central mast, thereby minimizing...
Calling HUAC an "engine of oppression," the advertisement defended Lloyd Barenblatt, Chandler Davis, Frank Wilkinson, and Carl Braden, who have served jail sentences "for defying the HUAC's inquiry into their personal beliefs and associations." "Thirty-five others are threatened with imprisonment for this same political crime," the statement continued...
Stocker Roberts, piloting a Ferrari Berlinetta identical to Moss's, did precious little dusting-off. He finished second in the Grand Touring (closed car) class, twelfth overall. "I was ahead of Moss going into the first turn," said Fireball sadly. "But I came in too hot and went wide...
Buyer's Market. Tough-minded Konosuke Matsushita will have none of the gloom boom. Any stumble in the Japanese economy, he declares confidently, will only help Matsushita Electric. Says he: "In a declining situation, you get a buyer's market. The customer becomes more selective and looks for...