Word: swivelling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bringing golfers up to the 19th Hole still feeling fresh, Power Cadd, Inc., Littleton, Colo, has put on sale a power-driven cart that carries golf bags (one-or two-bag models), operates on two 12-volt batteries. A switch regulates the Power-Caddy's speed; a swivel wheel gives finger-tip steering. Price: around...
...Meeker was doing his swivel-hipping to perfection this morning. He also hit his right end with two long beautiful aerials that Meeker should have turned into additional scores. But both times, obviously showing the effects of Friday's contest, he was caught from behind...
...nozzles mounted on outriggers. When the Bedstead is tilted forward, the jet stream thrusts it ahead. Similarly, pulling the nose up causes the jets to drive it backward. The Bedstead is strictly an experimental device, has gone only 25 feet in the air. But Bell believes that its new swivel-jet plane, with wings, tail and rudder, can be developed into a practical plane...
...Callaway) Hunt, 61, completed a lengthy hospital checkup, announced that because of ill health (a kidney ailment) he would not run again. One morning last week, Hunt entered the Senate Office Building, his coat partially cloaking a .22-cal. Winchester rifle. In his office, Hunt sat down in the swivel chair behind his desk and fired a shot through his brain. Four hours later, after emergency surgery failed, Lester Hunt was dead...
...Detroit Lions' Quarterback Bobby Layne hardly measures up to Cleveland's Otto Graham as a passer. During the past National Football League season, Layne completed only 46% of his passes, compared to Graham's 65%. But versatile Bobby Layne has other virtues. As a swivel-hipped runner, he was the Lion's second leading ground gainer, and unlike most quarterbacks, college or pro, Layne does his own signal calling, whereas Graham gets a flow of instructions from the bench. This week, when Detroit and Cleveland met for the N.F.L. championship, it was quick-thinking Layne...