Word: teardropped
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...through the crowd in the U.S. Senate's caucus room, David Daniel Beck had his three-diamond ring turned into the palm of his left hand ("I always wear it that way because the light flashes in my eyes"). In his lightweight, grey, tailor-made suit,* his double teardrop (one white, one red) cravat and his toothiest smile, Teamster Boss Beck was the picture of resplendent confidence. "Are you nervous?" asked a reporter. "Nervous?" barked Beck...
...Teardrop Navy. With nuclear power and the missile, the Navy of tomorrow dramatically begins to take shape. Its atomic-fueled task forces will be able to operate for months, perhaps years, without refueling; about 70% of its cumbersome, vulnerable train of oilers can thus be eliminated. Its carriers will still need huge aviation stores, which can be shuttled between stockpile and task force by high-speed nuclear supply ships (the Navy is nearing a breakthrough in high-energy chemical fuels that may give twice the range of conventional aviation fuels). Ships will be teardropped: stacks, made obsolete by nuclear engines...
...eminence promises to be short-lived, however. By the end of 1956 the U.S. Navy will have in commission or under construction a total of nine nuclear subs. In the seventh of these, SSN 585, nuclear power will be combined for the first time with the revolutionary teardrop hull of the experimental U.S.S. Albacore-a combination that will give SSN 585 a whole new magnitude of underwater speed and agility...
After the others had left, six cars, all sleek streamliners, stayed behind to take a crack at International speed records. Like their smaller brothers, the streamliners were put together from stock parts. But there the resemblance ended. Their teardrop bodies were made of sleek Fiberglas or hammered aluminum, their stock engines retooled and refitted for at least twice the ordinary horsepower. One car flipped over at 240 m.p.h.; the driver, protected by safety belts and rollover bars, got out with a broken leg. But the others, whistling eerily over the 14-mile course, shattered records in three International classes, some...
Step-singing has been close to the hearts of all Wellesley since the turn of the century. Maybe that's because it contains just the proper amount of sentimentality to a teardrop...