Word: modelled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even as Seawolf and Skate settled into their berths they were surrounded by signs of the Navy's growing nuclear potential. At the General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, the Navy launched Skipjack, the U.S.'s fifth nuclear submarine, a $60 million model with a special shark shape designed for high-speed underwater maneuverability. Abuilding on the ways was Triton, a giant-sized double-reactor, radar-picket submarine, biggest submarine ever built. Beyond that the Navy last week laid the keel of its third nuclear submarine designed specifically for mating in 1959-60 to the much-talked-about Polaris...
Once he had joined the Kabyle guerrillas in the hills, Abbane brought all the local bands under a unified command, created a system of taxing inhabitants on the French model, set up recruitment and training centers. Practically under the guns of the French army, he called an all-Algeria conference of F.L.N. leaders in the Soummam valley, rammed through his entire program of no compromise, no quarter, no mercy...
...operating in the no-contract period. If there are no contracts by the end of June, automakers may shut down. With a backlog of 760,000 cars, automakers prefer a showdown in the next few weeks to giving the union a chance to call a strike at the crucial model-changeover time...
Waffles & Costs. The man largely responsible is Qantas' general manager and chief executive, Cedric O. Turner, 51 (see cut), a onetime accountant who likes to "get to the facts and cut out the waffle." Taking over in 1951. he set out to model his line after U.S. carriers, expanded Qantas service west to London, north to Hong Kong and Japan, laid new routes east to Hawaii...
...first atomic merchantman-and gave the U.S. another leg up in the race to develop peaceful uses for nuclear power. To be built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. at Camden, N.J., N.S. Savannah will cost $40 million by the time it is completed in 1960. will serve as the model for private shippers who are increasingly anxious to get into the field. Cities Service. Gulf Oil and Standard Oil (N.J.) are all interested, and the Maritime Administration hopes to have the first nuclear-powered tanker in the water by 1961. One possible formula to help private industry get into...