Word: flighting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unlike previous days, the Negroes did not use side doors to enter. Soldiers took them directly to the main entrance, and flanked the students as they climbed the long flight of steps leading to the main doors of the impressive sandstone building. Inside the school, white and Negro students heard Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker tell an assembly that "You have nothing to fear from my soldiers, . . ." but "I would be less than honest if I did not tell you that I intend to use all means necessary to prevent any interference with the execution of your school board...
...Force spending v. 10% a few years ago). Pressure will be on manufacturers to turn out more reliable, easier-to-maintain equipment because Air Force complains that upkeep per year is twice the original cost, and some complex electronics systems need three hours' maintenance for every hour of flight...
...fast, the untried metal soon developed many bugs. The first unalloyed titanium proved too brittle in aircraft; it tore easily, and fatigued at temperatures above 900°F. One 200,000-lb. batch was thrown out because it was-too hard to machine. Titanium parts in engines failed in flight...
...redevelopment programs are in danger of collapsing unless better middle-income housing is developed. City planners realize that they cannot go on building low-income projects, which do not carry their part of the tax load, without balancing them with middle-income accommodations, which do. One reason for the flight to the suburbs-with its attrition of city revenues and business-is that families find it easier, once they have a down payment, to pay for a house than for a high-priced city apartment...
...Ontario, Calif., gassed up for its flight to Honolulu, a Trans-ocean Airlines Super-Constellation stayed earthbound when its pilot mislaid the right credit card for $1,135.58 worth of fuel, took off on schedule after Passenger Bill Hendrie whipped out his own credit card, grandly signed...