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There was a chance that this unknown and implausible figure would slide feet first into chaos, taking his country and perhaps a large part of the world with him. Iran is a vital source of oil, the lifeblood of industrial civilization (see box, next page). It is also a natural road of conquest for Soviet Russia. If Mossadeq fails to keep the country's vast oilfields operating, what will happen, at the very least, is that Western Europe will be deprived of the oil it needs to keep its industries going...
True, there is a good time in the show, Reciprocity." The other songs are not offensive, but are the kind one never can remember. The cast is unknown, competent, and apparently willing to go through with this travesty...
...hurled Jimmy Doolittle to racing fame, carried Pan American's Martin flying boats in the first commercial flights across the oceans, flew Lindbergh on a record-breaking transcontinental flight, Wiley Post around the world, Howard Hughes to a transcontinental record, and Amelia Earhart to her unknown fate. In World War II, engines made by Pratt & Whitney and its licensees (Ford, Buick, Chevrolet, Nash-Kelvinator and others) furnished half of all the U.S. piston horsepower flown in the war. By war's end Pratt & Whitney was developing the piston engine to its limits with its Wasp Major...
...crusty roll, whizzing like a meteor out of the unknown, shot past the Crumpet . . . and shattered itself against the wall. Noting that his guest had risen some eighteen inches into the air, the Crumpet begged him not to give the thing another thought. 'Just someone being civil,' he explained...
Dropping the Pilot. When military soothsayers try to look into the future, they confess to considerable bewilderment. None can now predict how the new weapons will react upon one another and upon older weapons. Another unknown quantity is their cost, which is sure to be high. But many advantages are gained by dispensing with the human crewmen, who need space, visibility, heating and cooling, oxygen and pressurizing apparatus. And the crew of the modern bomber is an expensive item itself; it takes money and time to train its members...