Word: hornets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...field, with actual mileage per gallon: Studebaker Commander, 28.001; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 27.644; Willys Jeepster Four, 26.769; Nash Statesman, 26.122; Ford Eight, 25.994; Mercury, 25.945; Ford Six, 25.915; Lincoln, 25.448; Willys Jeepster Six, 24.973; Nash Ambassador, 24.926; Kaiser Deluxe, 24.713; Plymouth Concord, 24.145; Plymouth Cranbrook, 22.990; Hudson Hornet Six, 22.623; Chevrolet Styleline, 22.041; Packard 200, 22.023; Cadillac 60 Special, 21.979; Cadillac 61, 21.719; De Soto Deluxe, 21.622; Cadillac 62, 21.531; Chrysler Imperial, 21.178; Packard 300, 20.941; Chrysler Windsor, 20.886; De Soto Custom, 19.921; Cadillac 75, 19.869; Hudson Commodore Custom Six, 19.950; Chrysler Crown Imperial, 19.208; Lincoln Cosmopolitan...
...passenger "Model 360" at an average $22,000 each, got into the black at the end of 1950, just before he got $18 million in military orders. Killers have been flying in Korea since January. Hiller has also produced an air flivver, a 356-lb., jet-propelled "Hornet" which he says he can sell for $2.500 in quantity production. But the Hornet, powered by two ramjet engines on the tips of the rotor is limited in range (only 50 miles with two passengers), is still a long way from the commercial production line and popular sale...
Seoul, it seemed, was not to be yielded easily. Two South Korean patrols that crossed the river to reconnoiter were driven back by salvos of mortar and artillery fire. Associated Press Correspondent Stan Swinton, who flew over Seoul in a spotter plane, reported the capital a "hornet's nest" of entrenchments, gun positions and Red defenders...
...untrained ear the change was virtually undetectable. The Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger ("Hi-yo, Silver -awa-a-a-a-a-y!")» Soo-oo-per-ma-a-an, The Shadow, and an ear-shattering collection of other thrillers kept on blasting through millions of loudspeakers; the announcer's thrilling command-"Ask mother nOw!"-echoed louder than ever. Fancier and more complicated box-top premiums (Planetary Maps, Atomic Bomb Rings, Magni-glow Writing Rings, Detective Badges, Compass-Magnifying Glasses, Explorer's Sun Watches) came flooding through the mails...
...four years as a United Press war correspondent, lean, handsome Charles P. Arnot saw plenty of battles. He watched the sinking of the U.S.S. Hornet, covered the battle of Guadalcanal and the invasion of Guam. Last week, Newsman Arnot, 33, was in the thick of a different battle. As director of Amerika-Dienst, news and feature service of the U.S. High Commission in Germany, he was passing the ammunition to German newspapers in the cold war against Russian propaganda...