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...rudder is swung to starboard (right), for instance, pressure on that side will increase and lessen on the other. As a result the stern, or tail end, of the boat will swing to port (left) and the bow, or front, to starboard. Moreover, the turn will become sharper as the rudder angle is increased. But if the angle becomes larger than 35° the rudder will stir up so much turbulence in the vicinity that it will rapidly lose its "grip" on the water and thus its steering ability...
...magnetic Mark 36, which has extended tail fins to keep it from sinking too deeply in water or mud, is dropped on rivers and canals in an effort to stop the flow of barges carrying military supplies. The same type of bomb, with its fins retracted to effect a sharper landing, is dropped on road junctions. With its retracted fins, it sinks deep into the earth. In addition to the magnetic versions of the Mark 36, there is a nonmagnetic type equipped with a time fuse...
...annual rate in the year's second quarter, almost twice as fast as in the previous three months. Instead of hiring new workers, employers have been pushing people already on the job to produce more. This practice keeps unemployment high, but it makes the economy sharper and less inflationary. In the total economy, labor costs per unit of output are declining slightly. If they continue to drop, U.S. prices will moderate, and the nation's exports will become more competitive in world markets...
Eventually, they became convinced that Wilson, for political reasons, had actually shifted ground and opposed entry itself. During the winter, the bickering grew sharper over what TIME's parliamentary correspondent, Honor Balfour, calls "the twists and turns of outrageous Wilson." Five months ago, the Jenkins bloc defied Wilson and party discipline and sided with Heath (TIME, Nov. 8) on a crucial vote to keep his Common Market bill alive...
Last week the Government reported that the unemployment rate in March rose from 5.7% to 5.9%. Actually, the total number of people with jobs grew from 80.6 million to 81.2 million, but, on a seasonally adjusted basis, there was an even sharper rise in the number of people looking for work...