Word: safe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...worst literature." Masefield died last week at 88 at the country home in Abingdon where he spent most of his time. Fortunately, he had written much of his best poetry long before George V named him laureate in 1930 (in preference to his chief rival, Rudyard Kipling). Already safe from obscurity, Masefield thus turned out only occasionally the dutiful doggerel that has so often been the lot of poets laureate...
...almost any test, auto racing ranks as the most dangerous and demanding of sports, the ultimate in man's ability to drive an automobile fast, controllably. Control is the key word. For all their speed, racing cars are also intended to be safe. They are equipped with ultrasensitive steering, roll bars to protect the driver, specially designed tires to insure maximum road adhesion. Still drivers die, and it is not always entirely their fault...
...American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp., the nation's No. 1 in heating equipment, commodes and other plumbing fixtures, announced an amicable bid to buy out its Manhattan neighbor, Mosler Safe Co. American Standard hopes to "diversify our dependence on the construction industry," whose current slump has pulled the chain on the company's profits. Despite record sales of $569 million, earnings plunged 44% to $10,350,000 in 1966 and are down by 86% so far this year. The company offered $38.50 a share for the rich safe-and-office-equipment maker, whose sales ($64 million...
...Mornings Safe...
...craters and littered with pebbles and a few rocks no larger than a foot across. All in all, it appeared that the area, one of the eight selected as possible targets for the Apollo mission, was level and uncluttered enough to allow the Apollo lunar module to make a safe landing...