Word: testing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...almost any test, auto racing ranks as the most dangerous and demanding of sports, the ultimate in man's ability to drive an automobile fast, controllably. Control is the key word. For all their speed, racing cars are also intended to be safe. They are equipped with ultrasensitive steering, roll bars to protect the driver, specially designed tires to insure maximum road adhesion. Still drivers die, and it is not always entirely their fault...
...which, it has been estimated, the project will eventually involve. One reason is that the 23 prototype F-111s built by General Dynamics have had problems. The key swing-wing design, which permits 120-m.p.h. landings and supersonic dashes, has worked well, and the plane, in its 1,800 test flights to date, has hit speeds as high as Mach 2.5. But the Navy, in particular, has complained that the F-111B, which at 66 ft. and 35 tons has grown considerably from its design size and weight, is too long and too heavy for carrier operations. The price...
...perform the works of young composers. At present, composers have to wait for special concerts of student pieces to hear how their music sounds; that usually means waiting until the end of a term, when most of the special concerts are scheduled. With the proposed group, students could test out their compositions at intermediate stages in their writing. The professional musicians will also provide live music for classes and seminars...
Yale's Bob McCallum, another first round casualty in the N.E. Tournament, should give Harvard captain Brian Davis a strong test...
Colonel Paul F. Feeney, deputy director of the Massachusetts Selective System, agreed. "It may be that Congress is going to provide different standards," he said. "Why invest so many hundreds of thousands of dollars in this test...