Word: shippings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Other Japanese carmakers have entered the sweepstakes. The second biggest, Nissan Motor Co., has shipped to the U.S. 2,700 Datsuns (37 h.p., 40 m.p.g.) that sell for $1,616, plans this month to bring in a still lower-priced model, next month to ship quarter-ton pickups and midget station wagons (50 h.p., 40 m.p.g.) to sell for about $1,600. Osaka's giant Daihatsu cartel has started to sell its three-wheeled midget pickup truck called Trimobile. U.S. price...
Fire at Sea, by Thomas Gallagher. A suspenseful, factual whodunit about the burning of the cruise ship Morro Castle...
Eric Portman makes an excellent Captain Hook, thought one might wish that he occasionally played with more bravado, since the humor in this role is so meaty and the character is reminiscent of Malvolio in Twelfth Night. (The scene on the Pirate Ship, where Hook is duped by Peter and the orphan children is particularly reminiscent of the Garden Scene where Malvolio is duped by Sir Toby and his cohorts.) Mr. Portman, nevertheless, brings his own special qualities to the role...
...holes, as well as through the whole solar system. Space vehicles making the short run to the moon may be able to pick quiet intervals between the flares, but voyages to Mars or Venus will take several months. During this considerable period a flare is likely to spray the ship and fry its passengers unless they are protected by tons of shielding material...
...klystron, a radio tube operating at microwave frequencies that figured prominently in the development of World War II radar and later guided missiles, founder (1948) and board chairman of Varian Associates, a fast-rising, $20 million-a-year electronics firm; of a heart attack; aboard a cruise ship near Juneau, Alaska...