Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...physical, biological, geological and chemical characteristics." Trieste's real mission may be more urgent: submarine warfare is clearly going deep, deep, deeper. Conventional subs now dive about 750 ft., and some advanced models are capable of 1,000 ft. One growing antisub problem is that present sound gear penetrates accurately to only about 800 ft. Another is that depth charges sink too slowly (14 ft. per second) to hit a fast sub sailing deep at high speed, and the explosion is reduced by pressure. U.S. submariners are also reportedly anxious to design a vessel capable of operating as deep...
...High Gear. Fastest progress has come in the large, rich states, notably California and Ohio, which were pushing their own major road-building programs when the federal-aid Highway Act was passed in 1956, came into the program well prepared. Most of the modern state toll roads already built will be incorporated into the new interstate system, e.g., the straight, broad New York Thruway, the Pennsylvania and Ohio turnpikes. Solid advances in building new roads also have been scored by Maryland, New Mexico, Missouri, Washington and Illinois...
Despite the scattered slowdowns, the highway program is beginning to move out of first gear. Construction of 1,952 miles of the massive interstate system is already completed, another 3,159 miles abuilding. Within a year, says the Bureau of Public Roads, concrete results will become visible across the nation. In 1958 alone, $6.2 billion will be spent on public highways. And next year the figure will ride up to $7.1 billion, more than half the amount that travel-loving Americans are expected to spend on new cars in 1959. Total estimated road outlays from 1959 to 1962: $30.2 billion...
Thomas got off in front, set a killing pace for the quarter (56 sec.) and the half (1:58). Then Lincoln and Elliott surged past him, battled for the lead through the third quarter. But as the bell clanged for the final lap, Elliott went into high gear. His muscular legs churning, he left the field behind with an astounding 55.5-sec. final quarter. As 20,000 fans shrieked approval, Elliott finished 12 yds. in front in an unbelievable 3:54.5, far under the 3:58 listed record of Australia's John Landy. Lincoln was second...
...when the phone rang in the Cannes hotel room of Jean Cerrone, company manager of Manhattan's touring American Ballet Theatre. The news: a twelve-ton truck carrying most of the company's gear had gone up in flames. Cerrone mumbled "Merci," went back to sleep, 15 minutes later woke up again in a horrified double take. By the time he got to the scene of the fire, all the company's wardrobe trunks had been destroyed, along with scenery and props for twelve ballets, plus orchestra scores for four. Total damage, mostly coveted by insurance: about...