Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Line-Up of Doctors. Other widely separated states are approaching the twin goals of early detection and intensive treatment by different methods...
...casual eye, Northrop Corp.'s brand-new X-21A airplane has the look of an already obsolescent bomber. It is a familiar twin-jet Douglas B66 fitted out with oversize, swept-back wings. But a close look shows a more significant change. There are hundreds of paper-thin slots slicing through the wings' metal skin. And those slots, if the calculations of Northrop's Norair Division scientists prove correct, may well revolutionize the aircraft industry...
...came back by building the Cristojoro Colombo and the Leonardo da Vinci in the 19505, six months ago launched the Michelangelo, a 43,000-ton superliner for the North Atlantic run. Last week, to the crash of band music and the splash of spumante, Michelangelo's twin, Raffaello, slid down the ways at Trieste. When the two ships go to work next year, replacing the prewar Saturnia and Vulcania, they will be the fastest liners on the New York-Mediterranean run, cutting the voyage to Naples from eight to seven days...
...twin launchings represent a $100 million gamble for the Italian Line. "I can see them building one ship," says a competitor. "But two? They're crazy." At a time when maritime operations are in trouble the world over and planes carry three times as many transatlantic passengers as ships, the Italian Line is already losing money on its North Atlantic run. But the line senses a trend in the 4.3% rise in transatlantic ship travel last year, believes that Americans, who make UP 65% of its passengers, have traveled to Europe often enough so that many are now willing...
Enter Laughing, by Joseph Stein. Jewish family situation comedies come to Broadway more often than the swallows go back to Capistrano. Separating the dramatic merits and demerits of a Seidman and Son from a Dear Me, the Sky Is Falling is a lot like fingerprinting a Siamese twin. If Enter Laughing is a tiny cut above the breed, it is because Playwright Stein, who adapted his comedy from the autobiographical novel of TV Comedian Carl Reiner, retains stubborn, slightly awkward traces of honest observation. He knows that the immigrant family walks on American soil hopefully, but always with the small...