Word: gears
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Owings also rides herd on the committee to redesign Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol ? Washington's "grand axis" in Pierre L'Enfant's original scheme. Appointed to the committee by John F. Kennedy in 1962, the architect has moved his bulldozer capabilities into high gear, taking every available scrap of power "on the theory that if I was not supposed to have it, someone would tell me." President Johnson helped by appointing eight Cabinet members to sit in on the committee. As a result, plans are coordinated at the top; funds, instead of being spent...
...sand dune. And it flies. At Georgia's Dobbins Air Force Base one morning last week, following an overnight postponement because of last-minute technical problems, the first C-5 lifted gently off the runway for a 94-minute test. Aside from some minor difficulty with the landing gear, the world's largest aircraft, exulted Lockheed Test Pilot Leo J. Sullivan, performed in a way that was "phenomenally beautiful...
...powered by two independent 140-h.p. air-cooled Corvair engines, modified so that they can operate even at a sharp tilt. The driver pilots the eight-wheel-drive vehicle from the rear body. He has at his disposal a steering post for the lead wheels and twin seven-position gear levers for the two automatic transmissions...
Five days later, the City and Federal governments that most of the marchers had elected or supported or were members of ordered 1000 police in riot gear with shotguns and tear gas grenades to surround Resurrection City, and arrest the 100 inhabitants left inside for overstaying their welcome...
Fully Meshed. Until the trade pact was signed, Canada's U.S.-owned auto plants had to gear themselves to a relatively small market. Although demand was sufficient to justify manufacturing a number of basic models, it hardly warranted turning out a full line. If a Canadian buyer wanted a Thunderbird, it had to be imported-with a 17½% duty added onto the price...