Word: main
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...face from wind blast) and fired three cartridges beneath his seat. Half a second after Hughes was catapulted straight out of the plane, another cartridge fired to drag out a 22-in. chute, which pulled out a 60-in. chute. The second chute, in turn, pulled out the main, 24-ft. chute as the seat fell away...
...night also brought danger. Far below, thunderstorms were moving in from the west. The tracking C-47 could not climb through the weather to follow the balloon, and radar was useless. The radio that reported Simons' heartbeat and respiration rate had died, and the main radio seemed to be weakening. Calmly, Dr. Stapp told Dr. Simons the news: if he stayed up he would have to monitor his own pulse and breathing, take his own position checks and thus could not risk more than a short nap. Answered Simons: "Let's continue the flight...
...main reasons for Houston's murderous pace, as a grand jury recently pointed out, is that "to acquire a pistol is such a simple matter that mere quarrels often become killings." For shooting a pistol in the city, Houston Press Reporter Bob Bray noted in a six-part series on the murder rate last July, the maximum fine is $200-if no one is pinked; in 36 murder cases tried this year, tolerant juries have not voted a single death sentence...
...become a part of American folklore, and later generations, who considered the picture (if they considered it at all) about as innocuous as the White Rock girl, wondered what all the shouting had been about. This week they will have a chance to see for themselves. Bought by Philadelphia Main Liner William Coxe Wright, September Morn was presented to Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum. Current market value of the pre-World War I sensation...
...more self-service, Korvette's overhead has risen from 7% of sales in 1951 to around 14% (v. an average 33% for department stores). Korvette and other big discounters have the cash reserves they need to grow, but their smaller brothers do not. Traditionally, the discounters' main credit source has been manufacturers' wholesale distributors, who "carried" discounters through periodic slow periods. Even if the discounter failed, the distributor could rationalize his own loss as advertising for the products. The sagging appliance market has tightened that credit source just when shoestring discounters need it most. For small operators...