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...cylinder of the power piston (2). Continuing its rotation, the power piston compresses the air even more (3). As the piston's cylinder moves past the fuel injector, the compressed air is mixed with a spray of gasoline (4). Then, as the cylinder edges by the spark plug, the fuel-air mixture is ignited (1). Pressed by the expanding gases, the piston begins the equivalent of the power stroke. All the while, it continues its rotary motion (2, 3 and 4). Finally, as the power piston's cylinder passes another opening in the engine casing, the burned...
...deserting us, but something very disquieting is happening." TIME Bureau Chief Stanley Cloud cabled: "For the first time in his political career, Thieu has become a truly sympathetic character. Even his opponents have expressed support for him as he apparently attempts to resist American pressures and plug the holes in the badly leaking boat of his presidency. The Vietnamese have a highly developed sense of pride, and if it seems to them that the Americans are attempting at this late date to abandon them, they could easily unite as never before behind an anti-Americanism far more virulent than...
With his attractive wife Hjördis on his arm, Actor-Turned-Storyteller David Niven flew into London to plug his autobiography, The Moon's a Balloon, and disclosed that he has nearly finished his first novel, which he calls his "secret project." Next month, armed only with "an absolutely appalling desire to be frightened," he comes to the U.S. for a tour of the college lecture circuit. His topics? "I haven't a clue to what I'll be talking about. I'll just improvise on the spot, I think...
...dessert.) Jack LeFever, a vice president of Sir George, while denying that the huge customer was responsible, reports that most of the restaurants in the chain have since stopped advertising its all-you-can-eat come-on. "The policy remains the same," he says, "but we don't plug it any more...
...Huskies scored four fourth quarter goals, screwing the Harvard land to 9-0, and threatening as upset at the undefeated Crimson. But Harvard's defense forced a couple of hey turnovers, and two goals in the last minute of plug pet the game out of reach...