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...pond ducks was splashing near an empty boat. "Want to see something interesting?" (He stepped over the seats and pointed to a small wooden box in the rear) "See that--eleven duck eggs! That's the mother over there--they're mallards. We put some excelsior in this box after she laid the first egg and now she's laid ten more. They take thirty days to hatch and if you come back here then you can see duck chicks right on the boat...
...Renault or Volkswagen (never a Hillman Minx, of course); it has unusual features, such as the engine being in back (which makes for question-provoking louvres where the trunk lid should be), or turn signals that point out from the door posts instead of blinking from the rear fenders, lending a quaint, Old World flavor. The real virtue of the little car, of course, lies just in its being little. The great amount of crowding necessary, and the uncomfortableness that arises, make up for the loss of the windblown Lambretta feeling and impart a certain air of post-war frugality...
When the first satellite is finally fired, probably sometime next year, it will take off from the Missile Test Center in total secrecy. That, at least, is the Navy's present plan. Rear Admiral Rawson Bennett, chief of naval research, concedes that the satellite is not supposed to be a military weapon. His stated reason for secrecy is that the presence of reporters, photographers, TV cameras and other representatives of the public's interest may rush his men into launching the satellite before they are completely ready or when the weather is not completely favorable...
...chores. When he had cleaned most of the other labs in the building, he tried to get into Webster's lab, but found all the doors locked, and heard someone moving about inside. He thought this strange, and thought it even stranger that Webster left by a little-used rear exit, leaving water running in his locked...
...automobiles, trucks, etc. the free piston engine has special advantages. The gasifier, its heaviest part, can be placed under the hood while the turbine can be in the rear at the end of a gas pipe. This eliminates the drive shaft that clutters low-slung cars, and it distributes the engine's weight in a desirable way. Unlike straight gas turbines, free piston engines have quick response. The man whose self-confidence is supported by making jackrabbit starts when the traffic light turns green will not suffer deflation if his dream-car of the future has free pistons...