Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stunting airplane, where the G-forces last for several seconds, a sitting pilot can take about ten Gs, when he is dressed in a special suit to keep the blood from being drained from his brain. A man on the Air Force sled can take more for shorter periods. How much he can take depends on his position and how his body is supported...
Energy, Ambition, Work. Like so many turning points, it was a long time in the reaching, but it was a shorter time than even the most sanguine German had a right to expect when he crawled from the smoking rubble one day in 1945 to learn that the Nazi Reich was no more. And, as with most great, historic turns, it was made possible by countless events. There was the decay of the wartime Alliance, Russia's shortsighted intransigence in the German occupation. There was the West's decision to form one unified country of West Germany without...
...Flying Jeep. A stubby, lightweight Jeep (almost 3 ft. shorter, 1,200 Ibs. lighter than standard models), designed for airlift by helicopter or plane, was shown off by Willys Motors, Inc. It has an all-aluminum body and magnesium wheels; 85% of the parts are interchangeable with regular Jeeps...
PONTIAC, following the trend to superdeluxe models, will turn out a new Star Chief line in 1954 only two inches shorter overall (213 in.) than this year's Cadillac, and priced to compete with medium-priced Buicks and Oldsmobile 88. Features, besides fancier trim; new springs, higher horsepower (up to 127), as much as 40% more trunk space and a driver's seat with multiple adjustments...
...Music Club Chorus, under Howard Brown will sing shorter works by the 16th century composers Monteverdi, Morenzio, and Gesualdo di Venosa...