Word: liquidly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...forced to support Owegbe-backed political candidates, a form of intimidation banned by Nigerian law. To ensure compliance with Owegbe commands, initiates were ushered through a grisly ritual, cut three times on the cheek or chest, then made to eat the heart of a cockerel and down a loathsome liquid potion brewed from kola nuts and wine and the blood, hair, finger and toenails of a dead cultist. They finally bound themselves to Owegbe with 24 oaths, each ending with a chilling refrain: "If I refuse . . . let Owegbe make juju...
...Houston's Manned Spacecraft Center, unflappable Chris Kraft every day faced the decision of whether to keep Cooper and Conrad going for still another day. From start to finish, the "go-no go" decision hinged on Gemini's cantankerous fuel cell. A failure in its liquid oxygen supply tank nearly terminated the mission on the first day, and the faulty heating unit that caused the problem never did kick on. As the flight soared into the second day, the oxygen pressure slowly moved upward-and optimism soared at Houston command. "The morning headline," broadcast Kraft to the astronauts...
...cell's hydrogen and oxygen are both stored in spherical tanks in a supercold liquid state. Warmed by electric heaters, they turn to gas, build up pressure and push themselves into the cells. And those heaters are among the least complicated devices on the spacecraft: a filament of gold-plated wire curving around the tank. The same type of device is a veteran of all the manned Mer cury and Gemini flights, being used to convert liquid oxygen into gas for the astronauts to breathe. When oxygen pressure started falling in Gemini 5, it was a sure sign that...
...railroad tank cars at prices ranging from $7,000 to $26,000, then leased the cars to oil companies and skimmed off 20% of the revenue as a management fee. Today Algeco owns more than 8,000 tank cars that haul everything from crude oil to liquid gas all over Europe. Thanks to generous depreciation write-offs and almost constant use of the cars, the investors who own individual railroad cars earn 10% to 12% annually on their money...
Bruggeman believes that playing with trains has a deep appeal for men: "The investor extends his childhood dreams by first buying an oil car, then adding a liquid gas car, then one for chemicals, and finally an automobile transporter." Many multicar families among Algeco's 6,000 investors have their names engraved on the sides of their railroad cars and often appear at the company's offices off the Champs Elysees to check on the location of their cars. Co-Presidents Bruggeman and Thomachot encourage this personal interest by inviting visiting investors to "drop by for a whisky...