Word: nosedives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The one jarring note at the family reunion was supplied, as usual, by the Russians, who took advance counsel with no one. Swarthy, cob-nosed Andrei Gromyko led his 39-man crew off their two private Pullmans at the Oakland mole. They had come directly across the U.S. from Manhattan...
Susan Hayward, 32, a pert-nosed, durable redhead who after 29 routine pictures is being molded to super siren parts. Her current picture: David and Bathsheba.
How good are the Russian jets? The only one U.S. pilots have met is the MIG-15, and they treat it with respect. Nothing can catch it except the U.S. F-86 Sabrejet, and then only under 30,000 feet. It has a more powerful engine, is lighter, more maneuverable...
TU4 (Tupolev). Direct copy of the U.S. B29. Speed, about 400 m.p.h.; range, 4,000-5,000 miles; bombload, 10,000 Ibs.; armament, 10-20-mm. cannon in four turrets. Tupolev has also built a long-nosed version of the B29, which some observers at the Aviation Day show mistook...
DPAdministrator Fleischmann, who had predicted confusion in the first stages of CMP, was more optimistic. After a few months, said he, things would settle down and DPA would have the staff to crack down on manufacturers who are now adding to the confusion by wanton over-ordering. To the suggestion...