Word: safer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Looking at the statistics, auto engineers argue that increased horsepower has made cars far more efficient and safer. The new engines push cars along easily at normal cruising speeds, thus give better mileage, have more acceleration for safe passing and a longer life without expensive repairs. Says Plymouth Chief Engineer Robert Anderson: "When the engine is just loafing along, you are getting much better fuel economy, and a lot more durability. If the motor isn't straining, it's not wearing out so fast. And by keeping engine speed low with a powerful engine, we can keep...
...nation's favorite orator, at the peak of his decibels more popular even than silver-tongued William Jennings Bryan. Billy put up tabernacles wherever he went-basilicas of raw boards on the reassuring lines of a barn. The tabernacle had several advantages over the tent-it was safer, the used lumber could be sold, and the noise of hammering in the little towns advertised Sunday's approach for a week in advance. Carloads of sawdust provided an acoustical baffle and a path for sinners to walk forward. On a stage high above the audience, flanked by brass instruments...
...Autos, Too. Not all the work at Holloman is concerned with making the jet age safer. Stapp and his men have developed some important safety byproducts for oldfashioned, earthbound, combustion-engine man. Last year the Air Force lost some 700 men in plane crashes and 628 in auto accidents. Faced with this startling statistic, Stapp promptly started a car-crash study program, put dummies into salvaged autos and sent them hurtling into wood and concrete walls...
...Stock prices have been going up so high and so fast that dividend rates have not been keeping pace. Traditionally, brokers start to worry when yields of stocks and bonds get close. They fear that many investors, discouraged by comparatively low stock yields will start shifting from stocks to safer bonds, possibly touching off a major decline in stock prices. Last week yields on industrial stocks were averaging 3.53%, down almost a third of a point in two weeks, while high-grade bond averages were almost steady at 2.96%. But, because so many investors appear to be buying for growth...
...York Herald Tribune's COLUMNIST ROSCOE DRUMMOND: DEAR Mr. President: Don't give us what we want-if you have the merest, lingering, flickering doubt that the Soviets are offering more the shadow than the substance of a safer world...