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General Electric 50,837 --Electric fan (1902) --X-ray tube (1913) --First U.S. jet engine (1941) --Solid-state laser (1962) --Computed tomography, a.k.a. CT scanner (1970)
DIED. EMIL ZATOPEK, 78, four-time Olympic gold medalist and political dissident; after a stroke; in Prague. Zatopek won three of his golds at the Helsinki Games in 1952, in the 5,000 m, the 10,000 m and--having never run one before--the marathon. Nicknamed "the Engine," Zatopek...
It was time to don my captain's hat. Question was, Could I drive, er, pilot a two-story house? During the next several hours, Steve gave us a crash course on how to operate the high-powered generator, prime the engine, use the toilet, work the marine radio and...
If only we knew what they were going to do next. Because it doesn't always come up roses. James Watt's steam engine generated an Industrial Revolution that gave us a democracy of possessions--and over-population, acid rain, the Love Canal, disappearing forests, tattered ozone layers and Scud...
"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" is also featured on the excellent "Vintage Collections: George Jones & Melba Montgomery" from Capitol, an album I'll be mining for more gems in the future. I have, of course, already sung the praises of the "United Artists Years" album from Razor...