Word: mache
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last week the force de frappe consisted of a handful of atom bombs and a delivery system of exactly four Mirage IV jets, extremely fast (Mach 2), high-altitude, two-seat light bombers. The Mirage IV's radius is only 1,000 miles...
Niederhoffer won his gamble, as the over-confident Heckscher let up slightly. Down 5-1 at the time, Niederhoffer came up with his best comeback to take the third game. The Harvard junior won the next two games and the mach 15-10, 15-10; in the end, the Harvard alumnus bowed his head to him, indicting that the victory was no fluke...
...bombers, the Swedes have concentrated on interceptors, ground-attack and reconnaissance planes. But even to maintain three kinds of military aircraft is a heavy economic burden on so small a country. To cut costs, the Swedes have now designed a plane to do all three jobs: the all-weather, Mach 2-plus Viggen...
...would give most economists the willies, but it fascinates Fritz Mach-lup (pronounced mock-loop), holder of Princeton's Walker professorship of economics and international finance. A onetime Austrian businessman (in cardboard). Economist Machlup, 60, came to the U.S. in 1933, taught for years at Johns Hopkins, and is now president of the American Association of University Professors...
...whether that approval should be given, since development of the Super Caravelle is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $560 million. Some British planemakers say that the money would be better spent increasing the all-weather reliability of existing subsonic aircraft. But with U.S. planemakers working toward a Mach 3 airliner and Russian competition in supersonic air transport only a matter of time, BAG and Sud Aviation argue that the Super Caravelle is needed to assure Europe a continuing role in the long-haul civil aviation industry...