Word: take-off
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...Aerojet into a brief downward glide. Commercial airlines shied away from Jato because of the cost (the $185 bottle can only be used once) and the fact that the take-off roar scared spectators. But military orders sent Aerojet soaring again-jet planes such as the B-47 use 18 Jato units for a quick takeoff...
...backbone of any really sophisticated revue is the skits and those in Bless You All again & again fall flat. For one thing, their targets are usually as obvious as their aim is erratic. Perhaps the liveliest number is the most elaborate: a take-off of a 1960 presidential campaign conducted entirely by television. The show overworks Comic Jules Munshin, who is pleasant to have around now & then, and overtaxes Comedienne Mary McCarty, who can perform-but not miracles...
...copy is not good. The latest Poon is a one-gag magazine; it is a take-off on other college "humor" publications, stressing frat house life on the coed campus of "Harvard U." This may be amusing. But except for some good old two-line jokes and some bad, old (and very funny) dirty cartoons, nothing in the new Poon is really new. The blurred, self-conscious pictures are still there. So are the articles about people named Sam Mortiz and Elmer Rocco and fraternities called A. D. and P. C. Even when it tries, the Poon has trouble writing...
...Sapphire seemed to be a prize. Shown publicly only last month, it has a thrust of 7,200 Ibs., or 1,000 Ibs. more than Pratt & Whitney's improved Nene. Britain's Gloster Meteor 8 fighter, powered by two Sapphires, reportedly can climb from take-off to 40,000 ft. in four minutes. Wright also was licensed to build Armstrong Siddeley's best turboprop engines, the "Python," the "Mamba" and the "Double Mamba." In addition, the two companies agreed to "exchange knowledge" on research, technical information and products for seven years...
...Then the take-off signal went up all the way. First the Corsairs were shot from the catapults, then the big, rumbling Skyraider dive bombers; and after the propeller-driven craft were well away, the jets were brought forward. Started by motors hustled about the deck by tiny yellow jeeps, the Grumman Panthers shrieked protest, then raised their voices to a horrible, thundering howl as they shot from the catapults...