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Word: engineeer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Essential though it is, the automobile has one major fault: wherever it is used in large numbers, its internal-combustion engine contributes mightily to air pollution problems. As a result, automakers have already been sued on various grounds for degrading the environment. Moreover, they will have to move with unaccustomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Ford's Better Idea | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

Just about the time I had him rising from his seat on the way to the cockpit, the no smoking - seat belt sign started flashing and a bell chimed. I held my breath as the engine slowed and the pilot came on the P. A. system to announce that we...

Author: By Richard Bock, | Title: The Aviator Getting There | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

Of all the races, last week's Outboard World Championship was the biggest, richest and roughest in history. The eight-hour marathon had 111 drivers fighting for $50,000 in prize money, much of it put up by Havasu's developer, Oilman Robert McCulloch. Between them, Outboard Marine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Farewell to Put-Puts | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

> SLOPPY SERVICE. Consumers Union, a nonprofit, private testing organization of which Nader is a board member, distributed 20 deliberately broken TV sets to New York City homes and asked neighborhood repairmen to fix them: only three of the 20 were properly serviced. Television, air-conditioner and many other repairmen commonly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE U.S.'s TOUGHEST CUSTOMER | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

It has a very large engine, yet, at the same time, it is a quiet car. You can be cruising right along, and suddenly, without scarcely noticing it, you're doing 80 miles an hour. It is heavy, but you can't feel it. You can flow into the drift...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: In the Streets Cars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

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