Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bestselling 1876, remarkably little was said or remembered about America's Centennial celebration. The occasion a century ago was exuberant, boisterous and, above all, confident. Amid the Philadelphia Exhibition's 13 acres of new, awe-inspiring machinery, President Grant pulled a lever to release the first jet of steam and tens of thousands of Americans oohed and aahed: wool was combed, water was pumped, newspapers were printed, cloth was sewn, shoes were stitched together. More in keeping with the public mood, Author William Dean Howells exulted: "It is in these things of iron and steel that the national...
ALEXANDER FRANKLIN HERMAN GOETZ, 38, a supervising geophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif, is descended from scientifically gifted Ben Franklin. Though he is highly competitive, Goetz deplores the emphasis on competition in American life. "People in the U.S. are involved in competition for money, status and jobs and therefore are perhaps not as concerned about one another as they should be." Still, he recognizes that such rivalry enabled the U.S. to progress. "As Franklin said, you work real hard, and you are just a little bit better, and you're a success in business...
...aviation and into oceanography, and now explores the underwater world in a clear, bubble-shaped plastic submarine of his own design. William Lear, who has invented radios, airplanes and steam-powered vehicles, is now working with a Canadian aircraft company to develop a small, quiet and highly fuel-efficient jet plane...
Even as the robot was sending data to its orbiting mother ship for relay back to scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, the other probe of the eight-year-old $1 billion Viking program was closing in on Mars. The twin Viking 2 spacecraft is scheduled to send still another lander to the Martian surface on Sept. 4, either to expand the search or to stand in for Viking 1 should something go amiss with the first lander. Scientists rate Viking's chances of a successful landing at 70%. Unlike the Apollo lunar module, which could...
...times, the bosses pushed through a 25% pay boost for themselves. That should ease matters considerably for Teamster President Frank E. Fitzsimmons, 68, who could scarcely support a life-style that includes golfing dates with Richard Nixon on his old salary of $125,000 (plus perks like an executive jet and an unlimited expense account). When a few Teamsters complained about the bosses' high salaries and high-handed ways, Fitzsimmons silenced them with characteristic class. "Go to hell," said...