Word: pedals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...meet the wayfarer's question with a surly reply or surly silence. Then suddenly he began popping up & down in his seat. "You people have been tormenting me!" he shouted to his passengers. "Now I'm going to torment you!" He stepped down on the gas pedal, ran past a red light at Broadway and 43rd Street, piled into a taxicab and a crush of other cars. In all, nine were injured (seven hospitalized), and nine vehicles damaged. Driver Bragg was unhurt, and the police let him go home. That night Bragg took sick, and three days later...
...slower pace, but a passed team, in a frenzy of competitive spirit, redoubles its efforts to take the lead. The driver's commands are simple and horsy: "Gee" for right, "Haw" for left, "Whoa" (more hopefully than convincingly) for stop. A steel-toothed prong, controlled by a foot pedal, digs into the snow to make the "Whoa" stick, but most drivers believe that the grinding noise of the brake, rather than its retarding effect, is the only thing that will stop an eager 35-to 85-lb. sled...
...well, off to Tommy's Bamboo Paradise," he muttered as he recrossed the street and trotted up to his car. Deftly he flicked on the ignition switch, pumped the gas pedal twice and pushed the starter. The engine took hold instantly, and Vag's mind dwelt momentarily on the excellency of his driving machine. He slipped it into first gear and stepped on the gas. The engine raced, the rear wheels raced, but the car stood still. The low whine of wheels spinning on ice split...
...about 4,800. This big drop from the wartime peak of 12,000 represents more automatic machinery, not decreased production. Few of the 4,800 workers are actually inside the production plants themselves. The buildings have four floors, each packed with roaring motors and screaming gas pumps. Some workers pedal on bicycles through the earsplitting loneliness. In the whole enormous plant, which runs continuously, there are only 370 men per shift, including the guards and the laboratory staff...
Success in these seemingly unrelated fields has not been easy for Hart, but it has flowed from a common source. The 20-year-old New Haven resident has tremendous wind-power. He can keep rowing, skiing, or pedal-pushing long after lesser men have given up. Therefore he is a success...