Word: tankfuls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...squeeze into a Jeep. "He's like a real person," said Chicago's Jon Anderson, 5. And while some fathers worry that doll-playing is "sissy," others find Joe "real gutsy." Asks one mother: "How else can a child go deep sea diving, or drive a tank through the desert...
...battery or generator that energizes an electronic circuit, fluidic devices use a continuous stream of fluid, usually air. The supply can come from a pump, from the hot gases of a jet engine, from air forced through nose vents in" missiles or airplanes, or even from a tank of compressed air. In a simple fluidic circuit, the power stream is fed into the base leg of a Ylike arrangement of tubes or channels. As the stream flows through the Y toward outlets at the end of two diverging arms, a fluid-flow phenomenon, called "the Coanda effect," causes the stream...
...about 30 miles." Finally, a few coony old film critics discovered the only way to get through this movie with a minimum of discomfort: close both eyes and ears, and think about something pleasant-like chasing Director Clement around the Bois de Boulogne in a 30-ton Sherman tank...
...Near the Water. Designer Warwick Hood devoted twelve months to tank tests before he drew the lines of Dame Pattie's 69-ft. 2-in. hull, and insiders contend that he has achieved a "major breakthrough" in hull design. Built at a cost of $500,000, the Dame has a radical rudder (broad at the top, tapering sharply at the foot) and a 92-ft. aluminum mast that is built in sections for extra flexibility-to keep the mainsail flatter while beating to windward. She also has Jock Sturrock at the helm. In unofficial competition with Gretel, Dame Pattie...
...crash program to speed engineering and styling, Chrysler Corp.'s Chrysler-Plymouth division last week rolled out its first 1967 Barracuda, a sleek new car with long hood, short trunk, fancy waffle grille and such flashy features as a wall-to-wall rear window, snap-open gas-tank cover, wood-paneled dashboard. The Barracuda, which began in 1964 as a jerry-built fastback body mounted on an old-fashioned Valiant chassis, up to now has been a pretty tame fish in a very turbulent pond. The completely new Barracuda, whose prices will start at approximately $2,500, comes...