Word: loading
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sigh of relief could be heard across the land. Said he of Byrnes's favorite-son candidacy: "Because of the peculiar election laws, a Republican is taking his life in his hands if he enters the primary in Wisconsin. I would much rather see Johnny carry the load...
...Dividing the squares once again, he found he had a symmetrical, twenty-sided globe-shaped skin which could be constructed out of tetrahedrons-the triangle-sided pyramid shape that provides the greatest strength for the least volume (or weight). In a sphere made of such interlocked tetrahedrons, the weight load applied to any point was transmitted widely throughout the structure, producing a phenomenal strength-to-weight ratio. Bucky produced his dome by cutting a hollow sphere in half...
Similarly, it used to take six days to transfer a load of passenger cars off Matson's Hawaiian Motorist; the ship can now dock, unload and be back at sea in seven hours. Where 14-man gangs worked twelve shifts to load cargo containers into a Matson ship, a ten-man gang can now perform the complete loading job in just two shifts...
...wanted to do was to survive. I feel wonderful." Feeling that way, Davis went home for Christmas with his four children, ages 13 to 19. "I'll just sit back and wait for the mailman," he said. With a Government pension he will no longer have to load bananas...
...About 60% of the cut would go to families earning less than $10,000, who usually spend right to the hilt of their income. Corporations would get back $1.43 billion next year in the first of a two-stage cut that by 1966 would bring industry's tax load down from 52% of gross profits to 48%. Over the next two years, Heller counts on these stimulants to bring about a $25 billion rise in consumer outlays and a $5 billion increase in corporate spending...