Word: stunts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think that this whole 3-D business was just a practical joke and a poor one at that. Such a stunt could have seriously injured someone; we feel that you owe the whole University an apology. Faiga Brussell '67 Ellen Gallant '66 Inray Nagel...
...YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA (London) usually has a commentator to introduce the woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion. This performance without words, conducted by the composer, shows that the piece, with its inventive variations on a theme of Purcell's, is more than just a stunt. The virtuosos of the London Symphony Orchestra make the most of their uninterrupted chance to show off. For those who want a spoken explanation, there is also a new version by the Boston Pops, with Hugh Downs emceeing the instruments (RCA Victor...
...with 35% Oxygen. General Electric says that the silicone membrane is more than a laboratory stunt, and G.E. engineers foresee half a dozen practical applications, not all of which will be water-bound. The membrane's natural preference for oxygen over most other gases (G.E. scientists, including Robb, do not yet know why) may soon result in a revolutionary unit to supply an enriched mixture of 35% oxygen for military field hospitals as well as in improved breathing systems for spacecraft and submarines. Other possibilities: space suits that cool off astronauts even as they perspire; a substitute...
...suggestion was advanced late last night that the whole thing might be some sort of "advertising" stunt...
Into the Wire. For nine days the races went on-hair-raising stunt competitions (one pilot painted his name in big letters upside down on his plane for easier reading), a balloon race, skydiving, a pylon race for ladies. During the cavalry-charge start, one plucky aviatrix banked so boldly that she clipped a wing on the ground, somehow landed safely, and climbed out cursing her evil luck. But all that was minor compared to the big show: the pylon race for unlimited class planes, souped-up World War II Mustangs and Grumman Bearcats capable of speeds...