Word: modell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that they learn so much from it. As perceptive students of naval warfare, Gorshkov and his admirals were impressed with the performance of the U.S. Navy in World War II. When they began to build their own navy, they consciously patterned much of it on the successful American model. Soviet admirals even refer to their new Mediterranean flotilla as "our Sixth Fleet...
...Triump of the Clumsiest In the act of painting, Chaim Soutine was something to behold. For months, he would ponder the idea for a painting, then in a wild outburst fling the paint onto the canvas with such vehemence that on one occasion he dis located his thumb. A model who posed for him never forgot the experience...
...Knudsen worked for 106 G.M. plants before, at 43, he was made boss of the drooping Pontiac Division. His first move was to order styling changes on the 1957 model to rid Pontiac of its "grandma" image-something that few automen would have dared just 60 days away from volume production. Off came two pieces of chrome across the hood and trunk lid-no matter that his fa ther had introduced them in 1935. Next, Knudsen reached for what the youth of the day wanted. He brought out a 21 in. wider and flashier model to appeal to young drivers...
After intense effort, the cryptanalysts arrived at a good pencil-and-paper analogue of the Purple Code. That was only the beginning. From there they went on to construct their own model of Japan's encoding machine, which "spewed sparks and made loud whirring noises," but worked...
Exactly what this second, so-called "joint development" study will eventually propose to minimize the damage of the Belt is still uncertain. Apparently, ways will be sought to bring an influx of Federal money into the neighborhoods affected by the road. In particular, the Model Cities program may help relocate families displaced by the Belt, provide loans to area businessmen, and furnish other compensations. The problems of building and financing "air rights construction"--houses and business built on a platform above the depressed highway--will also be a likely topic. After that, it's anybody's guess...