Word: liquidation
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...climbed the eastern sky, the "cherry picker" (a jointed crane capable of plucking the astronaut out of his capsule in case of a prelaunch disaster) backed away. At T minus 30 seconds the "umbilical cord" of tubing and cables that had been supplying electricity, communication and liquid oxygen fell free. At 9:34 a.m. the last second ticked off; the rocket's liquid-fueled engines flared flame, and the flight began...
...doing reasonably well in military space craft. The solid-fuel Minuteman proved long ago that it can take off handily from an underground silo; last week a two-stage, 110-ton liquid-fuel Titan also took off from a silo. Pre ceded by a burst of flame, it roared out of a 146-ft. concrete-lined hole at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Since it carried a dummy second stage, it flew for only 140 seconds before it was deliberately "destructed" by radio command. But it proved that even comparatively tender liquid-fuel rockets, which are heavy weight lifters...
...indirect-cycle system, although requiring less shielding, is an extremely challenging engineering task. As an aircraft power plant, it does not appear practical for combat use. Fifteen miles of tubing carry liquid metals at temperatures up to 2,000° F., and there are 26,000 welded joints. A leak would constitute a severe hazard...
...next year, on a broad green site in Poissy, he built a residence called Villa Savoye. Like his other buildings, it was basically a "pure prism" raised on stilts (pilotis), banded horizontally with long ribbon windows and topped with a roof garden. But its geometry was pure liquid, with every room and level flowing into the next as if the walls and floors could be dissovled at will, until the villa itself has become an "architectural promenade...
...Chancellors always refresh themselves during the tedious budget speech. "If there is any speculation as to what this liquid I am drinking is," said Lloyd, "I can say it has certain medicinal properties . . . For every gallon you drink the revenue benefits to the tune...