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...have a panoramic view of San Francisco Bay to the east. The master bedroom is equipped with remote controls for opening and closing the draperies and for raising and lowering a television housed in a lacquered cabinet. The choice of ablutions includes a Jacuzzi-equipped bathtub, redwood sauna and multijet shower, all within reach of one of the bathroom's two telephones. The Democratic front runner apparently has only one misgiving about his hotel: according to Herb Caen, he has already sent his daughter Eleanor on a scouting expedition to find a decent cheeseburger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Happening off the Floor | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

...ought to design and build an entirely new aircraft for nuclear power (time estimate: four to six years) or install a reactor to power an existing-type plane (time estimate: three years). The Navy said that it could adapt several of its seaplanes, including the experimental Martin P-6M multijet Sea-master or the old Mars, now up for sale, added that it would be safer to test a nuclear plane over sea than over land areas, where a crash might expose civilians to explosion and radiation. The Air Force said it could adapt its operational B-52 intercontinental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Nuclear-Powered Plane? | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...both sides of the Atlantic more realistically suspected structural defects. U.S. engineers have argued all along that the Comet was put into commercial service prematurely, and questioned details of its design. Chief question: How safe is the British practice of embedding jet engines in the wing roots of multijet aircraft? Embedding improves the streamlining, but for safety's sake, U.S. jet builders prefer to suspend their engines in jet-pods hanging below the wings. Boeing 6-47 jet bombers have been landed safely after losing a disabled jet, but in the Comet's case, a fire or explosion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Death of the Comet I | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

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