Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gardner Ackley, his new boss. An Air Force statistician during World War II, Duesenberry rose from private to captain. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1946, soon made his mark with a study of consumer spending that helped to spike fears that consumers would spend too little to fuel the postwar economy. He became a full professor...
Aviation experts are already conducting research into a host of other safety innovations. Among them are such devices as an explosive charge to blow fuel tanks clear of a crashed plane; resilient, supertough nylon fuel tanks that would not burst on impact; a jelly-consistency fuel that would smolder instead of explode; and fail-safe instrument systems that would permit entrusting difficult landings to the automatic pilot. In zero-zero visibility, jet pilots crack, their only problem after landing may then be to find their way to the terminal...
...Umtali, supplied by pipeline direct from the port of Beira in Portuguese Mozambique, had enough oil to supply the nation for ten weeks even if the pipeline was cut, and Smith last week airily advised Rhodesians that there was no need to cancel their holiday trips to save fuel. As New Year's Eve approached, in fact, the only thing rationed in Rhodesia was Scotch whisky...
...than Smith retaliated by cutting off all petroleum shipments to his black-ruled northern neighbor. The effect in Zambia was immediate. Gas stations closed. Cars coughed to a stop and were abandoned. A stringent emergency rationing system allowed each car owner less than a gallon a week. To conserve fuel, government offices eliminated the lunch hour, sent their auto-driving employees home in the middle of the afternoon instead...
...hardheaded military professionals (Dana Andrews, Robert Ryan) who refuse to believe, until too late, that the Germans are planning a massive attack. A Nazi tank commander (Robert Shaw) has driven a spearhead deep into U.S. positions before Fonda, eyes twinkling, brightly deduces that the enemy is short of fuel...