Word: overthruster
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Oilmen now hope that a big new play will develop in some fairly promising areas of Oklahoma, Texas and, most important, the so-called Overthrust Belt in the foothills of the Rockies. Says Joseph Reid, president of The Superior Oil Co.: "The price for new gas and oil is such that people can afford to take more risks and drill deeper than when prices were cheaper. We are drilling in places where we previously would not have drilled. What was uneconomical is now economical...
...explanation: education. Jews had 14 years' schooling and Catholics 12.5 years, ahead of the national average of 11.1 years for all whites. "Overthrust" is what Father Greeley calls phenomenon, wondering whether striving groups do well "because of the sheer raw power of their elemental drive for respectability and success...
...minutes into the maneuver, Young realized that he had overthrust and was headed into an orbit aiming him several miles behind and above the Agena. Jamming his control stick down, Young dived the spacecraft in a brute-force attempt to get back on the correct trajectory. He failed, but finally did manage to swerve the spacecraft into a nearly normal "buttonhook" rendezvous. Though his quick thinking saved the maneuver, the incident burned up 268 more lbs. of precious propellant than mission plans had anticipated...