Word: swivels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gets the ball into those turbine blades." But the Reds weren't using baseballs. Western military experts guessed that the U.S. planes had been hit by Soviet-designed ZPU2s-twin, 14.5 mm., heavy machine guns mounted on an armored car and operated from a fast-turning swivel seat. U.S. officials suspected that the guns were operated by North Vietnamese crews, but the Laotian Reds may well have been trained to operate them...
...Equally bad, the jury has only a side view of the witness stand and cannot see the fullface expressions of witnesses under questioning. The judge is even worse off: only by craning his neck can he see anything but the back of a witness' head, and he must swivel a full 90° to catch jury-box dozers...
...sphere with walls of high-strength steel 1.33 in. thick to protect the crew from water pressure down to 6,000 ft. Its four viewing ports permit the pilot and observer to see ahead and below, and its three steerable, battery-powered propellers, two of which can swivel to point up or down, give high maneuverability and a top speed of about 7 m.p.h. Before Alvin tries deep and perilous submergence, it will begin practice runs this month in the pleasant shallows near Cape...
...hands on the Navy 37-and fell flat on his face. The rest of the 63-yd. trip was a breeze. Another TD, 14-0. At last Navy got the message and started blanketing Harris. Down to earth came Carlisle, marching Texas to the Navy 9 and personally swivel-hipping past a pair of tacklers for a third score. He then trotted back to the bench to become a spectator, while Reserve Quarterback Tommy Wade ran it up to 28-0. In less than 40 min. of action, Texas's Carlisle had completed seven passes for 213 yds., gained...
...rolling right and fading back as if to pass. He slithered away from one tackier, straight-armed another. Downfield, three receivers zigged, zagged, looked back, zigged again. Back and forth he dodged, now trapped, now loose. But there was no pass. In a spurt of swivel-hipped speed, he dashed forward. Five yards, ten, past the line of scrimmage, and on to a first down...