Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rush away from a reception at the home of the Vice President of the U.S. one evening so that he would not be late for dinner with the President. Two days later he flew from New York to Moscow in the Boeing jetliner that set a new speed record. There he dogged the steps of Richard Nixon, was so close at hand so much of the time that at one point in the historic "kitchen summit" at the U.S. exhibition, Nikita Khrushchev swung around, mistook Charlie for an official member of the party, and heartily pumped his hand in fine...
...matches last week is a wonder of U.S. planning, talent and do-it-yourself ingenuity. Conceived four years ago, the American exhibition in Moscow was not finally approved by the Kremlin until last December, and the fact that it was ready to open on schedule marked some sort of speed record for major international expositions...
...last 4½-mile motorcycle dash: 57 min. 47 sec. "Sissy stuff," roared an R.A.F. rival. "I think the time can be brought down to near enough 40 minutes." That it was. At the end, R.A.F. Squadron Leader Charles Maughan, 35, got the last bit of ground speed from the motorcycle-helicopter system, picked up precious minutes by flying a transonic Hawker Hunter jet on the long cross-Channel air leg. His winning time...
...many men and industries will eventually be hurt depends mainly on how long stockpiles hold out. They now bulge at more than 21 million tons, a two-month supply, and the nonstruck 15% of the industry is adding to them at top-speed rate of 1,200,000 tons a month. Speaking for many an industrialist, Chairman Robert Black of White Motor Co. said: "We began preparing for this strike six or seven months ago. We've got a 60-to 90-day steel stock. But you never know-one missing item can stop your production. For want...
...steel-industry members: a three-year contract with a 15? hourly wage-and-benefit boost every year, plus cost-of-living hikes. The U.S. aluminum industry is softer than steel; if management accedes to a neat compromise package-perhaps iof an hour-it might speed a settlement in steel. If not, the aluminum workers may soon join the Steelworkers on the picket line...