Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unfortunate that the Council is largely composed of members who lose sight of their constituency as soon as they are elected, and whose main object is to use Council membership to push personal political endeavors. Decisions are altogether too often made on a personal basis or by aligning with a political bloc...
...nose are four pairs of small jets pointing up, down, left and right (see diagram). When the pilot wants to depress the nose of his craft in near-airless space, he will shoot superheated steam (produced by catalyzed hydrogen peroxide) through the upward-pointing jets. The reaction will push the nose downward. Similar jets in the wingtips will keep the wings level or make the ship bank or roll...
Instead of the usual single control stick, the X-15 has three. One is designed to resist the multiplied weight of the pilot's hand or body when he is subjected to his plane's acceleration under the push of its rocket motor because of heavy G-load or because of its deceleration on slamming down into the atmosphere. But when the X-15 is on a ballistic trajectory above the atmosphere, with its engine cut off, the pilot will be weightless. He will then shift to a second stick that will give him better control in space...
...rise in productivity is vital because it helps offset rising labor costs, a big push behind inflation. So far, productivity is running ahead of 1958 wage hikes; autoworkers settled last month for more moderate terms than in recent years (4% wage rise for Ford). The cost of the new contracts has already been written into 1959 car prices. Said Frederic G. Donner, chairman of General Motors, in Manhattan last week: "I think it's fair to say that the contract, as we have signed it, would not require any further adjustment in prices...
Alumni throughout the nation are now preparing for the "big push" stage of the Program for Harvard College, Lawrence O. Pratt '26, Director of Publicity, announced yesterday...