Word: loaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yowled along at 22,000 to 25,000 ft. it was a thing of demonic beauty; with its 100-ft. swept-back wings, its slender 134-ft. hull and its four Allison J-71 jet engines, the seagoing bomber was capable of carrying a 30,000 Ib. pay load to 40,000ft. heights and at speeds over 600 m.p.h. Then, in an instant, the plane burst into flames, went out of control into a steep dive, crashed in a field near Wilmington, Del. The four-man civilian crew parachuted to safety...
...among these is still unclear, it is certain that many have forsaken their homes in order to pursue free academic inquiry. With the advent of winter, the homeless must be housed and fed--and present estimates place the cost at about six million dollars. Harvard's share of this load must be more than a token...
...Carpet Welcome. Despite this tendency to load her political dice. Han Suyin can convey the heat, the squalor, and flux of Asiatic life with expert touches...
...commission, Captain Ogg knew for certain now that he could not make the 1,000 miles to San Francisco-that he would have to ditch. Rather than dump gas and risk a night landing, he decided to wait till daylight and let the plane exhaust its heavy fuel load. He so notified the Coast Guard weather-watch cutter, Pontchartrain, some comfortable ten miles to the west. Pontchartrain's skipper, Commander William K. Earle, radioed the best course (330°) for ditching into the running swell, and the time of sunrise (7:22 a.m.). Captain Ogg easily homed...
...working on a plan to set up separate dealerships for Plymouth, currently sold by Chrysler, Dodge and DeSoto dealers, will also put together a corporate marketing organization under Automotive Group Vice President William C. Newberg. It will bring top management closer to dealers, try to take some of the load off divisional and regional sales managers. Says one Chrysler executive: "We want them to sell three cars and make $100 on each rather than sell one car and try to make...