Word: upward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With some planes, the shock wave may form at speeds as low as 550 m.p.h. Captain Wilson's Meteor was probably designed specially to push the danger limit upward. Even so, he did not dare use the full power of his jets...
...Labor Department's Monthly Labor Review last February conceded that war's end would be followed by "a brief period in which curtailment of federal activity will cause total Government employment and payrolls to fall substantially." But after this period, the study solemnly predicted, "the general upward trend in public employment and payrolls . . . may be expected to reappear...
...ships are bought for scrap, purchasers must agree to destroy all motors, engines and other salvageable gear. Reason: to keep these items off an already glutted market. So far the Maritime Commission has received bids for two of the ships: $3,100 and $9,100 (they had cost upward of $1.5 million apiece...
...white. . . . Then, just when it appeared as though the thing had settled down, there came shooting out of the top a giant mushroom that increased the height of the pillar to a total of 45,000 feet. The mushroom top was even more alive than the pillar, sizzling upward, a thousand Old Faithful geysers rolled into...
Until today it seemed my path led upward...