Word: heats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doubtful that all the snow, rain, heat or gloom of night in the world could have stayed outgoing Postmaster General Marvin Watson, 44, from his self-appointed rounds. With perhaps an eye cocked to the 1970 gubernatorial election in his native Texas, Watson let it be known that he has visited 198 post offices in 48 states and covered a total of 89,000 air miles since his appointment last April. At most stops, Government-paid photographers snapped pictures of Watson shaking hands with postal employees while an aide clicked a counter each time Watson pressed the flesh. Last handshake...
...become one of the best liners afloat. Still, the Queen's problems seemed most unusual. First, there was technical trouble. British engineers developed steam-turbine engines 72 years ago, but the steam turbines on the Queen went awry. The casings did not allow enough room for normal heat expansion of the 10-ft. rotor blades, and the engines were thrown out of balance. As a result, speeds had to be cut from a normal 28½ knots to 14 knots. Sometimes they dropped as low as one knot...
...into the outer atmosphere at a speed of 24,629 m.p.h.-some 7,000 m.p.h. faster than re-entry speeds of orbital missions. Roaring down into the thickening atmosphere within a sliver of the planned angle of 6.43°, Apollo passed over Peking and Tokyo, the temperature of its heat shield rising...
...entry heat built up, it ionized the surrounding atmosphere, which formed a sheath around Apollo and temporarily blacked out its radio communications. But after a tense three-minute silence, there was a reassuring message from Jim Lovell: "We are looking good." Apollo had stood the stresses of reentry. On schedule, the spacecraft's drogue parachutes deployed, followed closely by the three main chutes...
...pros headed toward the Super Bowl on January 12, it was likely that the officials would come in for some more heat...