Word: turbo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Actually, Johnson's farewell to power has been better cushioned than that of any President preceding him. A small Huey turbo helicopter and an Air Force crew are at his disposal. His teak-paneled office in Austin is the same one he used as President, with phones wherever convenient and a button marked "Galley" to summon a Fresca or a milk shake. A special allowance of $375,000 will cover the cost of transition, including the hiring of clerks to answer the hundreds of letters that continue to pour in. As a former President, Johnson has a pension...
...They have been held back by financial and technical problems. Japan, for example, spent $8 billion to build an entirely new roadbed and begin the Tokaido Line express. No entity in the U.S., least of all the railroad industry, has been willing to invest nearly that much. The Turbo-Trains have been further delayed because the New Haven's trustees have been unwilling to introduce costly new equipment until they merge their bankrupt line into a healthy company. The Penn Central was ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission to take over the New Haven on Jan. 1. While...
...combined sales: $2.2 billion) raised fears of monopoly both within and outside the electrical industry. The new firm would rank among the world's five biggest electrical companies, accounting for 90% of Britain's output of railway locomotives and up to half of the country's turbo generators, switchgear and transformers. The potential of the new combine's market domination prompted executives of Plessey Co. Ltd., a smaller electrical firm, to denounce the merger as a competition-stifling monolith...
...other major change revolves around third-line center Jack Turbo. In place of wings Don Grumble and Barry Johnson. Weiland installed penalty-killer Dvight Ware and George McManama from the J.V. This trio exploded for eight goals. against George Williams, five by Turce...
There was clearly a screw loose somewhere, but luckily not in the car. Down the straightaway of the Indianapolis Speedway at 160 m.p.h. whooshed the revolutionary, turbo-powered machine that had run away with the last "500" until breaking down eight miles from the finish. The driver: TV Comic Johnny Carson, 41, whose racing experience has consisted mostly of running after taxicabs in the rain. Carson came away from the stunt with (in descending order of surprise) his life, six usable minutes of film for his show, and increased respect for big-car racing. "Boy, you put your life...