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...beagle hound is a friendly, flop-eared little dog with a tail that wags with the furious regularity of a revving propeller. As the "harrier," he was bred in England and Wales at least 600 years ago to hunt small game; today he is equally at home on heath or hearth, looks like a slightly bowlegged, apartment-size (13-15 in. high) foxhound. Last week, as a reward for his amiable ways, the beagle was acclaimed No.1 U.S. purebred dog by the American Kennel Club. With a population of 45,398 registered A.K.C., the beagle nosed the friendly, flop-eared...
...that Queeg was mentally ill - is an un hackneyed one. Again, Maryk's lawyer, Lieut. Barney Greenwald, would far rather be prosecuting than defending his client - and indeed wins him an acquittal by not defending him. Instead, he attacks others: first he twists a fatuous psychiatrist's tail, then twists the knife in an emotionally frayed and rattled Queeg. And there is the final celebration scene, a sort of moral coda in which Greenwald, more than mildly drunk, berates his own tactics and denounces the real villain of the "mutiny...
...designing military aircraft is providing some means for the pilot to escape. Every year the problem becomes more difficult. Even at present speeds (600-plus m.p.h.) and altitudes (50,000-plus ft.), a simple parachute is no good. The pilot must be shot from his cockpit to clear the tail. He is buffeted by the air, and during his long fall before the chute can be opened (automatically at 18,000 ft.), he needs protection against both cold and lack of oxygen...
...Cadillac has used its 1953 Le Mans experimental car as the model for the 1954 line. The Cadillac has a new sweep, with a wrap-around windshield, larger tail fins, and jutting, jetlike exhaust pipes. There is a new suspension system, a more powerful engine (up to 230 h.p. from 210), cowl-type air vents instead of standard air intakes (which often sucked in the exhaust from cars ahead). As on most G.M. cars, prices are little changed, except for Cadillac's Eldorado convertible, cut $2,000, to $5,700 f.o.b. Detroit...
...full throttle, the Firebird can do 150 m.p.h. on a straight track. But motorists will probably never see it on a highway. Even though the hot gases blasted out of the Firebird's huge tail go through a cooling unit first, they are still hot enough to burn clothing or flesh several feet away. Explained G.M. President Harlow Curtice: "This is not a car of tomorrow, but a laboratory on wheels . . . We are not trying to develop overwhelming horsepower or tremendous speeds, but are trying to determine whether the turbine can be harnessed to give efficient and economical performance...