Word: porousness
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...been a disappointment to the holders of last year's Straus Trophy for intramural supremacy. The offense has been steady and productive, with backs Joe Gavin, Howard Schechter, and Fred Golinko carrying the brunt of the ground attack for a team which prefers not to pass. A porous pass defense, as revealed in Dunster's aerial comeback last Monday night, has been the Achilles Heel for a team with a good line defense...
Keeping the water out of the hamster's container was an all-but-invisible silicone rubber film. But what was truly remarkable was that the film was acting like a membrane, drawing oxygen out of the water for the hamster to breathe. Just as remarkable, the porous film was also carrying the hamster's exhaled carbon dioxide into the water...
...sour all year: he was beaten in the semifinals at Wimbledon, in the quarters at the U.S. Nationals, was even talking about quitting to sell stocks. Ralston had been off his chow too-with blisters and a bad case of jitters. But U.S. Captain Vic Seixas figured that the porous clay courts at Cleveland's new, $75,000 tennis stadium would help the Americans; Aussies are used to grass, on which the ball tends to bounce flatter and faster. The theory looked good when McKinley beat Stolle 6-1, 9-7, 4-6, 6-2. But then Emerson climbed...
...look at are turning Argentine courier's suspiciously bulky duffel bag, all duly marked and sealed as a "diplomatic pouch." It contained 124 blue mink pelts. And then there is the army of "ant smugglers," the ordinary travelers who sneak everything from gems to Japanese cameras across the porous borders in their bulging luggage...
...experts favor the G.E. power plant, but most of the airlines like the United Aircraft engine best; both are fairly conventional jet engines with extremely high thrust. Some lines, notably National, opted for the Curtiss-Wright design, which is the most advanced of the three; it features a porous turbine blade that will be cooled by the passage of air through...