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...difficult. His respiratory muscles will strain to overcome the crushing force, and breathing will become irregular. The heart will double its normal rate. The instruments before his eyes fade from view in a brown haze. The feet and arms are now difficult to move because they are eight times heavier than normal. Consciousness clouds, and for a moment he will wait in heavy, silent oppression. Weightless World. Then his body will become suddenly light, as the rocket burns out at last, and he commences the fall toward the center of the earth that will continue for 4^ hours. He will...
Rebounding from a first-quarter loss last year, United Air Lines announced that it will show a profit this year on the basis of "record revenues." Said President W. A. Patterson: "The unprecedented traffic was partly due to the improvement in economic conditions generally and the gradually heavier use of air travel for business reasons...
...gallon; a Rambler Deluxe was second, with a 22.9572-m.p.g. average. Third place was won by a Studebaker Lark Deluxe, with 22.4422. For the first time entries were judged this year on an actual miles-per-gallon basis instead of the ton-mileage formula used previously, which favored bigger, heavier cars...
Next winter's team should be very strong up through the 147-lb. class because of several upcoming freshmen and the experienced men who will return, Watkins predicted last night. The graduation of Bob Foster and Joe Noble, however, may weaken the heavier classes, though Ted Robbins and Bob Wynne should help...
During the next five years the American Trucking Associations estimate that the need for trucks will rise 20%. With the trend toward heavier trucks, in which White has a powerful lead, Black figures that White's business should rise even more...