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...Soviet output from 1928 on and after somewhat sketchy calculations sets his own revised growth figures. The Soviet habit of multiple counting, he finds, has grown rather than abated over the years. By Academician Strumilin's tables, Soviet industrial output grew threefold between 1945 and 1956, not fourfold as official figures state. And net growth from...
Four trumpeters of Her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards blew a fourfold fanfare. Down green-carpeted steps in Manhattan's Coliseum walked Britain's Prince Philip past unicorns draped in silks and tartans. Quickly he got down to business, gave a suave but hard sell. "We hope you will find a lot of interesting things," said Philip, "and we hope you will want to own many of the things...
Focused Beam. Dr. Baronofsky, 42, figured out a way of using irritation, but without the knife. X rays, in properly adjusted doses, cause transient irritation without doing actual damage. Tests with hundreds of dogs showed that survival rates jumped fourfold or better after an artificially simulated heart attack, if the animals were irradiated. Then some were killed, and dissection of their hearts showed that small artery branches had multiplied...
This response encouraged prospective anti-Communist delegates. Moreover, the prospect of a free city as a forum for argument was attractive. The American methods for achieving the twin objective were fourfold: the efforts for free election with the U.S. delegation; personal contacts with other youth; outspoken participation in the seminars; and disruptions of Festival proceedings and otherwise...
...Lear, his company's growth is only the beginning. He thinks that a whole new market is opening up in the fast-growing field of private flying, predicts that it will expand fourfold by 1965, is spending $1,200,000 a year on new-product research. To make the crowded air safer, the CAB last year drafted a proposed order directing planes intending to fly in all weather to install airline-quality equipment by 1961. The order roused such protests on grounds of expense that it was withdrawn. Lear is confident that a similar order will eventually be issued...