Word: plane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...campuses, as leaders from government and civic ramparts heralded the June rites (see EDUCATION). Among the most distinguished was a visitor from Britain: Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who, after a harrowing transatlantic flight and a quick Washington welcome from Secretary of State Dulles, headed for Indiana by plane and auto to deliver his views on the cold war before an audience at Indiana's DePauw University...
...that city--and in at least five others throughout the state--all students are required to take two years of algebra, one of plane geometry, one of general science, and one of general biology...
Additional courses, though, will not alter the quality of the subjects already taught. Public high school courses are geared to the average student. At many schools, the gifted learner is placed in accelerated classes. Horace Mann has this accelerated program in algebra and plane geometry--an arrangement which might profitably be extended to other subjects...
...difficult, sophisticated way to fly a jet plane off a short runway or no runway at all is to design it so it can stand on its tail like the Ryan Vertijet and zoom directly upward. The simple, brute-force way is to blast it into the air with rocket power. Last week the Air Force announced that the "zero-length" launch, done in the past with less advanced airplanes, has been accomplished with North American's supersonic F-100D fighter...
...bought the newest U.S. equipment and made it pay off with efficient, low-cost operation. To win passengers, Qantas specialized in light, bright ads, once kicked off a plane-naming contest with "Be the first one in your block to win a kangaroo." To keep its customers, it laid on goodies (including exotic fruits, Sydney rock oysters, giant Australian prawns). And to make them pay off, it kept costs firmly tied to the runway. One big advantage is relatively low pay scales ($7,000 for a Connie captain v. $21,000 in the U.S.). Another is crack maintenance that cuts...