Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turn it into direct current with reasonable efficiency. Thousands of diodes, strung like glass beads on a network of wires, are needed to intercept Raytheon's beam. In the model helicopter demonstrated last week, they feed direct current at about 100 volts to a small motor taken from an electric drill. The beam of 2,450-megacycle microwaves starts out with three kilowatts of power; the diode antenna turns it into electricity with an efficiency of about...
...points and led his team to victory. With his girl, his sister and eight friends, Mike headed for an ice cream parlor to celebrate. Up drove Edward Weissman, 19, a factory worker, who shouted flirtatiously at one of the girls. Hot words followed. According to police, Weissman gunned his motor, drove straight at the group, hit Mike Schaffer and dragged him half a block to his death. Weissman never stopped. So stunned was one witness, the father of another City College player, that on leaving the police station he died of a heart attack...
...this market, which has grown from 1% of daily rentals in 1960 to 16% today, Ford Motor Co. last week drove into the rental field...
...models and moving to somewhat greater size. Despite the Italian slowdown, Fiat is doing better than last year because of the success of its recently introduced "850" model, which is roomier, racier and more luxurious than the standard small Fiat; sales have reached 1,000 a day. British Motor Corp. has brought out a new Austin "1800" model to compete against Ford's Cortina and G.M.'s Vauxhall Viva. In Germany, the larger Volkswagen "1500" has made up some of the sales that the old beetle-back has lost. The French auto industry, which has not introduced...
...under license from the U.S.'s Westinghouse. His is a rare operation; nearly 90% of the equipment sold in Southeast Asia is imported from the U.S., where Carrier, Fedders, General Electric, Admiral and York have created a profitable market by shipping domestic units with a special 50-cycle motor adapted to Southeast Asian current. Prices vary widely: in Hong Kong, window models are sold as low as $155; but in Saigon, where a 250% tariff is added, they cost more than three times as much...