Word: take-off
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...brand new fields opened up by the last war is the study of rockets. Guided missiles and rocket-assisted take-off units are but two of the innovations to come out of rocket research. Experiments in this field opened up new avenues of approach to problems in aerodynamics, metallurgy, fuel chemistry, and electronics...
...Take-Off. The Friars' greatest success was in routing the ex-Jesuit, Alighiero Tondi, who had been booked for a series of speeches in Emilia following his spectacular conversion to Communism (TIME, May 5, 1952). At Tondi's first lecture, before a packed Communist audience at the University of Bologna, Toschi and nine of the Flying Friars were there to heckle. Sample dialogue...
...this level, most are enjoyable none-the-less. "Ad Man Out" starts quickly with "All That Glitters," a number embellished with the walking pack of cigarettes, the Firestone child with tire, etc. And the pace is generally kept throughout, with the possible exception of an Arthur Godfrey take-off. Here, however, the Pudding cannot be blamed if the Yale Bank stole a march...
...Foxhunter have long "conversations," one-sided, naturally, but Llewellyn insists that the horse understands. In the partnership, "Foxhunter is the senior partner," and does most of the work. Llewellyn's job: "To place him," i.e., pace the horse between jumps so that he will arrive at the proper take-off point...
...half-time, Dartmouth's band engineered a take-off on the Band's New Haven misfortunes. Using the "Dragnet" theme, and parodying the parody of "Dragnet" language, the Green bandmen re-worked the incident in pantomime...