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...boom has already wiped outmost vestiges of the deep downturn that hit the industry about the time of the Arab oil embargo in late 1973. At the bottom of the slide early last year, about one-fifth of the industry's work force-some 273,000 assemblers, draftsmen, accountants, middle managers -were out of work. Now auto joblessness is down to 30,000 and still dropping. Even so, the industry cannot produce the most popular models fast enough to satisfy demand. Inventories that for some makes hit a 150-day supply in early 1975 are now down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Back to 'More Car per Car' | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

...spheres that are about ten miles in diameter and weigh more than 10 billion lbs. per cubic inch. Astrophysicist Gold believes that a neutron star has an in credibly intense magnetic field that traps ionized gases expelled from the supernova. As the star and its magnetic field spin, the outmost of the trapped gases are whirled at almost the speed of light until they break away, producing an intense beam of radio waves-the regularly spaced pulses. At the same time, Gold theorizes, the ionized gases exert a drag on the magnetic field, and thus on the star itself, gradually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astrophysics: A Mystery Ticking Slower | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

...destroyers, capital ships as well as bases for aircraft. Its big establishment will be at Kodiak which Alaskans hope will eventually be made as strong as Hawaii, 2,600 miles directly south. Far west of Kodiak (and about 900 miles farther west than Hawaii) lies the Navy's outmost listening post, Kiska Island, which can be used as an advance base for air and submarine operations. Closer in toward Kodiak is a bigger station, Dutch Harbor, famed as landing place for naval patrol boat flights on Arctic training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Fortifying Alaska | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

...outmost verge of sight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: APART. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

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