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Furthermore, the motel will have parking space for 30 cars on its mezzanine floor, with access by a ramp. John J. Curry '19, City Manager, explained that this move was made "in the interest of good public relations and good will." Loss of public parking was the primary objection to the motel when it was proposed last...
...plopped down in a forest. Here and there a lonely figure in khakis scurried across the shimmering terrazzo courtyards and disappeared into a wall of glass. Then suddenly, into the woodland slumber burst the sound of a brass band and the clack-clack of boot-steps-and up the ramp into the spacious grounds marched 450 men, battlegarbed in steel helmets and full field packs. Their young faces were almost hidden by the helmets as they marched, and they strained to achieve a mature military aspect. Officers barked orders in authoritative voices: "Heads up! Keep the step! Look proud! Look...
...blasted jet starts its leap from a trailer with a short, upward-slanting ramp. Strapped under its tail is a pod of rocket fuel, which develops 130,000 lbs. of thrust. In three seconds the F-100D is 400 to 500 ft. up and flying at 275 m.p.h. North American's Test Pilot Al Blackburn says the jolt is not bad at all. "It's a piece of cake," he says...
...learn how to get out of a car under water (Finns like to drive on their frozen lakes, and dozens are drowned annually when their cars fall through thin ice), Jämsä drove a car, with its windows closed, off a ramp at 40 m.p.h. into 24 ft. of water, nearly panicked when a seat came loose and pinned him for a moment. But he found a layer of air under the roof, waited until the car filled with enough water to offset outside pressure, then opened the door and floated to safety...
When John Foster Dulles' plane rolled up onto the ramp at Manila's International Airport, a strong wind sent a gust of oil flying from the inboard port engine. It spattered across the welcoming committee of U.S. Admiral Felix Stump, in natty whites, Ambassador Charles ("Chip") Bohlen, in a white sharkskin suit, a dozen newsmen. Said a bystander: "They suddenly looked like they'd gotten measles...