Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Riding the plane elevator and the pilots' escalator, lunching on roast beef and strong Navy coffee, the old gaucho appeared to have the time of his life.. "In order for us to have ships like this," he told his party, "we must work very, very hard." Then, after a 5½-hour visit, the President took off from the Oriskany, whirred back to Rio on his first helicopter ride. From shore he signaled back "praise for the precision and efficiency shown...
Some passengers who ride with G are naval airmen, but the G-doctors often submit themselves to experiment. The doctors insist that riding with G is not very dangerous; the instruments watch the victim's condition, and the arm can be stopped quickly if he gets in bad shape...
Glowing Brains. Physically, rats are not much like humans. Monkeys are better. Sitting strapped to miniature pilots' seats they look like small, worried old men. Sometimes when they ride with G, they have round windows cut in their skulls and covered with transparent plastic. A strong ultraviolet light is played on their brains and a fluorescent chemical is injected into their bloodstreams. Then during the ride the doctors can tell when the treated blood has reached the brains: the blood vessels glow brilliantly...
...Catch. But there was a big catch. Nobody in Wall Street believed that the "private buyers" would hold on to their bonds. Many, perhaps most of them had simply taken what the Street calls a "free ride"; they had put down 10% to buy the bonds and by quickly selling them, they could skim a quick profit on the ⅜% premium which the bonds immediately brought in the open market.* Thus, most of the bonds ostensibly sold to private individuals would probably find their way to the banks in short order. They would provide the basis for a huge expansion...
...since the Roman chariot, have the Italians made a vehicle so peculiarly and proudly their own. Throughout the country, Italians ride swiftly to work & play on streamlined little two-wheeled scooters that do more than 100 miles on a gallon of gas. The motor scooter, invented in the U.S. but never a big seller, has become the model T of Italy, putting the country on wheels, breaking down regional barriers, and filling the air with its sputtering roar. Whole families ride a scooter. While the father drives, and one or two children stand on the tiny floorboard between his seat...