Word: oceanic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last year he persuaded the Queen to let him take the royal yacht Britannia on a four-month tour of the Antarctic and the lesser British island possessions in the Indian Ocean. This was the separation that later set off the rumors in the U.S. press of a royal rift. Elizabeth's subjects, however, were more sensible. Australians were charmed when he talked to wharf laborers, called in small groups of representative citizens for cocktails and dinner and quizzed them on Commonwealth affairs. New Zealanders remember him fondly at a lunch in Christchurch, breaking into the speeches...
...well-Oriented Author James A. (Tales of the South Pacific) Michener, immersed in some island-hopping research for a book on the Strategic Air Command. Unable to regain the strip, the pilot chose to go by the book, ditched the aircraft and immersed Michener in Michener's favorite ocean. Rescued after 90 minutes on a life raft, uninjured Passenger Michener mourned the loss of 1½ year's worth of notes and manuscripts. Half an hour later, wrung out and in borrowed togs, Michener, again the 13th man aboard, was winging north on another C-47. On reaching...
Launching of the Russian satellite is man's first successful attempt to navigate the ocean of space around the earth. Despite the chagrin of U.S. rocketmen, few disparaged the Russian achievement. In at least three important ways-weight, orbit and altitude-the sputnik* outclasses the U.S. satellite, which is still on the ground...
...Ontario, Calif., gassed up for its flight to Honolulu, a Trans-ocean Airlines Super-Constellation stayed earthbound when its pilot mislaid the right credit card for $1,135.58 worth of fuel, took off on schedule after Passenger Bill Hendrie whipped out his own credit card, grandly signed...
...rigs that cost $1,500.000 to build, another $750,000 to dismantle. Gambling his own funds, and credit, De Long built a $250,000 prototype that was simple, seaworthy, and ready to operate soon after the tow-lines were cast off. Huge jacks lowered four sturdy caissons to the ocean floor, then lifted the entire platform into the air. After capping a well, the platform descends and moves on to another location...