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...burros, send them off to one of Intercontinental's three Mexican factories. There the rubber is extracted by running the plants through grinding and pebble mills. The final product (which is shipped to the U.S. in 100-lb. boxes) looks, feels and smells like tree rubber, but is softer, less wear-resistant...
Ford, unlike most makers, made more changes inside than out. Among mechanical improvements: 1) for a softer ride, its lateral wheel base is broadened (front: 2¼ inches; rear: if inches); 2) to lessen skid danger, braking pressure is now distributed not evenly but 60% to the front wheels, 40% to the rear; 3) the exhaust system has been "streamlined." The Ford front end has been redesigned around a small, rectangular grille, and gingerbread held to a pleasing minimum...
...that, "the good Peter reeled with the blow . . . and missing his footing, by reason of his wooden leg, down he came on his seat of honor with a crash which shook the surrounding hills, and might have wrecked his frame, had he not been received into a cushion softer than velvet, which some kindly cow had benevolently prepared for his reception...
...before mud cluttered things up. In that sector the worst rains probably over, but the days were getting so short, the sun's rays were beginning to slant so flat that soon, perhaps within a fortnight, what little new did fall would never dry. Mud would get deeper, softer, crueler...
...soul is softer than steel. The steel teeth of the German Army struck into Yugoslavia and Greece from many directions with many techniques-with divebombing, parachute troops, tanks, mobile artillery, mechanized infantry. One group of attacks (see map) was concentrated on the relatively flat plains of northern Yugoslavia...