Word: tractioneer
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will put on sale a standard-size tubeless tire with two sets of treads, separated by a center groove. Each tread has separate contact with the road, thus providing better traction and reducing wear...
...American Motors switch from the 15-in. wheel to 14-in. Chief reason: trend to lower cars, which will see some '57 models dropped more than 5 in. from '56. New tires will be 17% wider than present models so more tire will touch road, provide more traction...
...ladders without. In addition to the sidewalk squad, the City Council finally declared a state of emergency and seized the MTA. Thus Transit Authority equipment led the attack on Massachusetts Ave. and Arrow Street. Featured in the MTA fleet were three brand new Walter Snow-Fighters (Guaranteed 100% Traction) with an estimated 690 horsepower operating through fourteen gears forward and six back...
...followed a reasonable course in bringing a weight to help acceleration and then asking officials if it was permitted. It was not allowed, and the weight was removed. I was not as confident as TIME'S reporter that added weight would have helped -that any increase in traction would offset the increased inertia. If it had been allowed, I would have experimented with the best results, with and without the added weight. As it was, I did not hope to smuggle a 200 or 300-lb. block of iron, lying on the trunk floor, through a microscopic inspection. Aside...
Murder used to be all a mystery novelist needed to get on with his story. The new whodunits stick to that main tent at traction, but beckon the jaded customers with such lurid little sideshows as sadism, pandering, homosexuality, counterfeiting, prostitution, adultery and grave-robbing...