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...that his Los Angeles-bound DC-8, with 122 persons aboard, had lost most of the pressure in its hydraulic system. The landing gear would still drop into place and lock. Once on the runway, Grosso might not be able to maneuver the steerable nose wheel, but reverse engine thrust would slow his plane down, and a reserve supply of hydraulic fluid would permit some operation of the main landing-gear brakes. As a last resort, the pilot could jam on the brakes with an emergency supply of compressed air. Grosso radioed for a routine stand-by of Stapleton Airfield...
...canted, razorlike rear fins in favor of a clean rear section, and overall have a squared off look capped with a heavier-looking grille. The Fairlanes, with a 115.5-in. wheelbase and 197-in. overall length, have interior dimensions approximating the 1961 standard Ford. Flat grilles have a forward thrust, and the round taillights and metal trim are reminiscent of earlier Ford models. Falcon, the best-selling compact of the year, will have a rakier look, achieved by a simulated air scoop in the center of the hood, a raised, squared hood, bigger grille and taillights, and altered metal trim...
...does a company that has grown fat with long success recover its youthful thrust and vigor? For Chris-Craft Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of motorboats, the answer to this question was to be found last week in boatyards in Michigan and Florida. There, hidden under tarpaulins, lay the sleek 2j-H. aluminum cabin cruisers that Chris-Craft plans to put on the market next month, as well as prototypes of a racy fiber-glass runabout that the company may include in its 1962 line...
This, unfortunately, seems to be part of the role of the athlete at Harvard--self-justification and disproof of the animal image--thrust upon him by a large number of his athletically apathetic and often cynical classmates. There is a definite tendency among the undergraduates and certain instructors almost self-consciously to separate the students into the two types, and, for those who want to be identified with the "intellectuals", to look down on the uncultured "jock." Although they may find this fun, they often take themselves seriously: certainly their attitude is immature and unfair, and more than likely results...
...Lowry cultists have had only one big book to stand on. In Under the Volcano, Author Lowry compressed fiery emotional thrust within a Joycean time scheme to record the one-day odyssey of a dipsomaniacal British ex-consul living in Mexico. The hero is at war with his half brother, his estranged wife, himself and, perhaps most pertinently, with modern civilization. The theme is what Lowry himself has dubbed "the migraine of alienation." Lush as a tropical jungle, the book alternates between fierce introspection and a hallucinatory evocation of the Mexican scene. When it was published in 1947, it received...