Word: swivels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pilot and copilot, Don Schlaht and Dave Maher, swivel their helmeted heads, straining to pick up the flashing lights of the other planes, their own faces dimly lit by the soft red glow from the instrument panel. As the minutes pass, tension shows around their eyes. Schlaht begins to think he will have to turn back to base. We are in a plane that can carry more explosive power than was set off by all the participants of World War II. It looks like a flying shark, and is equipped with electronic gadgets that allow it to make a precision...
Reagan takes his black leather swivel chair, while Meese and Baker perch on either side of the massive oak desk...
...convert mechanically from proscenium to theater-in-the-round staging. To switch from conventional to arena staging, the first 100 seats in the center of the orchestra can be removed (manually) and placed on bleachers on the regular stage. Giant plates under the right and left orchestra sections swivel those seats around so that they now face each other over an intervening gap. That gap is filled when hydraulic jackets lift a new stage floor. The result is a circle-in-the-square, with seats on all four sides. For students of theater, this double capability is particularly valuable: they...