Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actor waits. He is essentially a gear -no matter how large and important a gear-presently to be inserted into the mechanism of moviemaking, and delay is his lot in life. He is called to walk through his part-while the babble of voices goes steadily on-and is dismissed to wait some more. He is called back to pose and turn while a man with a light meter goes over him like some latter-day Holmes peering through a magnifying glass. He is cornered by a harried female in slacks, who stares at him in distaste and pats...
...test the 95-ton plane's ground response. After the first ground run, Tex gave his opinion: "A lovely ship." But Tex spoke too soon. Taxiing slowly after the fourth high-speed run, Johnson felt a shuddering lurch. Supports of the plane's left main landing gear buckled, ripped backward and up through the wing root. Boeing's bright hope sagged over on her left wing and lay there like a broken bird...
...pride was more damaged than its plane. Not a drop of fuel spilled from the wing tank; the basic wing structure was undamaged and the two underslung engine nacelles appeared only scratched. But the maiden flight of the 707 would be delayed at least several weeks. The faulty landing gear would need careful study, perhaps even a complete redesign by Boeing's engineers. The left wing root and damaged flap would have to be repaired and the two left engines checked for damage...
...actual observing will be done by civilian scientists, U.S. and foreign, coordinated by the American Geographical Society, but the Air Force will finance the costly campaign. It will airlift the scientists to inaccessible sites and supply them with intricate gear and radio time signals. In return, the Air Force hopes to get more accurate information about the shape of the earth and about distances between widely separated points on its surface. Both of these items would be of value in dispatching aircraft or guided missiles to global targets...
...West Germany, the boom is still in high gear (TIME, Feb. 15). The German index of industrial production on March 1 stood at 158, up three points from February and 15 points higher than a year ago. Even France, the perennial sick man of the European economy, is feeling better. French output, except for farm production, sagged last year. But business snapped back, and French business leaders are hopeful that further recovery can come about as a result of the government's four-way prescription: 1) tax reductions (made possible, in part, by stepped...