Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...article describing Leet's hypothesis will appear in the latest issue of the Scientific American, out this week. It is Leet's thesis that the pattern of shock waves radiated by a nuclear blast are very different from those of earthquakes and other natural phenomena...
Inevitably, there was endless speculation as to who was behind the combine. Sheraton executives suggested it might be oil-rich Saudi Arabians-perhaps even King Saud himself. Others were certain that it was a group of Swiss financiers. Last week Hawaii discovered with some shock and much irreverent merriment that there was nobody behind the combine...
...richness and its depth." He has "grave doubts" about the ability of a divided Christianity-already on the defensive everywhere, he feels-to withstand the stresses of the modern world, but expects the emergence of new forms of inter-Christian relationships "beyond our imagination." Pelikan's "catholicity" can shock: he dumfounded many Protestants last March by chastising his fellow Lutherans for failing to give enough devotion to the Virgin Mary...
...variable-geometry wing may even supply an unexpected bonus. If it enables an airplane to reach high supersonic speeds a few feet above the ground, its shock wave may be sufficiently destructive for use as a military weapon, knocking holes in most structures that the plane flies near. And when a supersonic airliner is finally developed, it may well have variable wings to get it off the ground at reasonable speed and help it climb to high altitude without using too much fuel...
When the giant plane is high enough (about 45,000 ft.) so that its shock wave will not be annoying at ground level, it will be able to furl its wings and cruise at two or three times the speed of sound...