Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...original entries in this year's 500 have sidewinder engines. To cut the time on pit stops, Salih this year installed an air-jack system, estimated it could lift the car into tire-changing position in eight-tenths of a second, save a precious four to seven seconds on each stop...
...sealed space craft, what becomes of the body heat generated by a passenger? A guinea pig wrapped in a plastic bag would boil to death in its own heat in 15 minutes. And a man in an airtight capsule would cook himself in seven minutes. Last week Project Mercury researchers reported they had found a solution to the problem. The spaceman's body heat will be absorbed by a circulating water system. The water will boil, and the steam will be vented into space in a long, thin, man-made vapor trail...
Penicillin, so miraculously effective against early syphilis that the disease's late, crippling stages need never develop, is also effective in many cases where brain damage results from failure to get prompt treatment, 13 researchers in seven cities reported in the Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry. If the paresis is not too far advanced, 80% of victims can return to work after massive penicillin treatment. In most cases it makes the "fever cure" unnecessary...
...years Anaconda Co. was the press lord of Montana, owning seven dailies* in five of the state's major cities. Last week Anaconda's Board Chairman Clyde Weed announced that the company aimed to sell all seven papers. Behind the decision is the story of how Anaconda bought newspapers to consolidate its hold on Montana, came to discover that they were doing the company more harm than good...
Nevertheless, some critics insist that buying a mutual fund is just buying a piece of the Dow-Jones industrial average, point out that the top five common stock funds just kept pace with the averages in the seven-year bull market. But Broker Arthur Weisenberger, the Boswell of the industry, whose brokerage house puts out the definitive yearbook of the funds, argues that an investor could pick a slow mover even in the stocks in the blue-chip Dow-Jones averages. Only 14 of the 30 stocks have done as well as the 229% gain in the averages...