Word: loads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...airport, there followed 90 minutes of coffee and other nonalcoholic beverages, then up into the air soared the plane load of Red pilgrims, looking, said one Turk, "more like seasoned actors on a tour than believers going to the holy city...
Behind the Load. All the governors knew that U.S. road building, slowed down during World War II, has never caught up with the growing traffic load, which has been building up at the rate of one million vehicle registrations each year in the last 20. But their first reaction to the President's plan was to shy like startled fawns. Some feared that it would mean federal absorption of the existing $4 billion-a-year federal and state highway program. The fact is that the President's "grand plan," as stated, would augment existing programs. Others were alarmed...
...thus sawing a thick slice off its case load, the board hopes to give itself more time to interpret issues that are "clearly of . . . national concern." To meet the board's new requirements for interstate operators, a retailer must 1) buy at least $1,000,000 worth of goods a year directly outside his state (v. $500,000 previously), or 2) buy $2,000,000 indirectly (v. $1,000,000), or 3) ship $100,000 worth outside the state (v. $25,000). Companies in some categories are excluded completely if their yearly gross revenues do not reach a certain...
...youngsters worked on a family of exciting new transports. In 1933 Boeing put out its 247, the country's first twin-engined, all-metal transport that could keep its altitude with a full load on one engine. Boeing also put in such advances as trim tabs, supercharged engines and an automatic pilot, built 55 of the 247s for its United Air Lines sister subsidiary...
...those who knew Karl Taylor Compton best, it was typical that he should want to know how Smilin' Jack was doing. Famed as a scientist and educator, he carried a heavy load, but no man could have carried it with greater grace or a lighter heart. Last week, in paying tribute to him on a special broadcast from Boston, his successor, James R. Killian Jr., mentioned his achievements only in passing. Far more important to Killian was Compton himself, "emanating goodness and wisdom . . . and engendering a spirit of good will among all coming within his influence...