Word: everett
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Henry Rosovsky, Economics; David S. Landes, History; Martin L. Kilson, Government; Ewart Guinier, Afro-American Studies; Edwin O. Reischauer, History; James Q. Wilson, Government; H. Stuart Hughes, History; Michael Walzer, Government; Everett Mendelson, History of Science; Stanley H. Hoffman, Government; Giles Constable, History; Wassily W. Leontieff, Economics; Laurence Wylie, Social Relations; George C. Homans, Social Relations...
...production under way, Boeing had to construct one of the world's largest buildings?a plant covering 42.8 acres at Everett, Wash. Inside that vast space, the engineers encountered vast problems. The aircraft's weight grew by 15 tons from its projected 340 tons, and Pratt & Whitney had to rush development of a still more powerful engine. Because it burns its fuel more efficiently than other engines, the 747 is virtually free of the greasy smoke that trails ordinary jets on takeoff like ink from a frightened squid. Its engine is only half as loud as a 707's, though...
...forced from the latter post early in the Nixon Administration, after pressure from the late Sen. Everett M. Dirksen...
...million was spent on it last year. The company has 17 technically proven but so far unmarketed "new ventures" in process. Some are secret, but others include an office copier that uses ordinary paper, a range of plastic building materials, and a new desalination process. Speaking about the copier, Everett B. Yelton, director of the development department, says: "We may just be too late. Perhaps we should have moved faster...