Word: lifting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wide, weighed three tons. Its single front wheel could be steered only half a degree in either direction. To keep the car from taking off at high speeds, the cigar-shaped body was designed so that the terrific air pressure on the nose would hold it down ("negative lift," engineers call it). A small fin under the nose helped carve a path through the "air wake"-so strong at high speeds that it might otherwise rip the car apart...
Once the 58 return to the U.S., the Department of State (which warned them at four stages en route of the illegality of their action) is all ready to lift their passports. For those who are "definitely Communists," President Kennedy last week said that some further action "is being considered." Under the law, they could be fined up to $5,000 each and sentenced to up to five years in jail for violating the travel...
...lift an elephant? A. Put him on an acorn and let it grow...
...almost 67 miles). Walker's speed was 3,818 m.p.h., close to six times that of sound, and as he blasted upward into the blackness, he trailed a small balloon designed to make air-density measurements. "Yup," cracked Joe, on his return, "must have got some lift from that balloon...
...Since Marshall. Most common complaint is a byproduct of Frommer's very success: hotels and restaurants recommended by the book soon become American hangouts, then hike their prices. Last week in Paris one proud hotelier told Frommer: "It is your book which bought this elevator." But the new lift meant higher rentals, and Frommer sadly made a note to drop the hotel from the next edition...