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...judges had Walcott ahead on rounds; all that Jersey Joe had to do was stay even in the last three. He retreated toward the ropes, threw one ineffectual left. Then Marciano drove home a short overhand right to the head. It was straight and true, not just a wild thrust that happened to land square. Walcott slumped as if his knees had suddenly turned to jelly. Marciano grazed him with a left, then confidently stepped back. Walcott hung on the middle rope for a moment, then slid to the canvas. The fight was over...
...release. Sitting at another desk, the publicity man continued a telephone conversation, then rose to greet us. After rummaging about in a small file, he came up with an armful of press releases, packed them in an envelop, and, blotting out the Herter frank on the upper left corner, thrust it upon...
Then Candidate Eisenhower took a final thrust at the Administration on its unmentionable issue: "The one-the only -way to win World War III is to prevent it ... We can effectively discourage any further dangerous moves of Communist-planned aggression . . . Let's sweep this country with such a wave of resolve, determination and action that the little men, the defeatists, the false prophets of the false doctrine that it can't be done, will be tossed out of power and the real America given a chance to move...
Aircraft men smiled at Westinghouse's sweeping claims. Horsepower "at flight speeds" is a misleading phrase, since jet horsepower varies with a plane's speed, altitude and other factors. The standard measure of jet power is pounds of static thrust at 375 m.p.h. at sea level. In those terms, the J-40's thrust is somewhere around 10,000 Ibs. But this was with afterburner attachments (which eat fuel so fast they can only be used in short bursts). Without afterburners, guessed American Aviation Daily, the J-40's thrust is closer...
Nevertheless, this made the J40 momentarily the most powerful, because it has "qualified" for production-i.e., passed 150 hours of test on stand. Pratt & Whitney's J57 engine, which produces 10,000 Ibs. thrust without burners, has not yet been "qualified," although it is already flying...