Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deceleration on slamming down into the atmosphere. But when the X-15 is on a ballistic trajectory above the atmosphere, with its engine cut off, the pilot will be weightless. He will then shift to a second stick that will give him better control in space-presumably by directional use of the steam jets. When he gets back to the lower atmosphere and conventional speeds, he will use the third stick, which operates in the conventional...
...life was with his younger brother. And it is to Theo, first cautiously, then in a torrent, that he pours forth his doubts and his struggles. From the coal pits of Belgium, he confessed to Theo his failure as a lay preacher, crying: "How can I be of use in the world? Can't I serve some purpose and be of any good?" But only a few months after this night of the soul, Vincent could write, "Well, even in that deep misery I felt my energy revive, and I said to myself, in spite of everything I shall...
...CREDIT CARD will be offered by Chase Manhattan Bank, second-biggest U.S. bank (No. 1, Bank of America), for use in New York City retail stores. Card holders will be charged nothing if they pay all bills each month, but can delay payments up to five months for charge of 1% of unpaid balance. Retailers will pay 6% service fee to bank...
...plastic plumbing to save more money, along with an aerobic sewage-disposal system (including garbage grinder) that greatly reduces water use. A newly designed toilet needs only 1 gal. of water at a time compared to 6 gal. for current models. Electrical wiring through the house comes in a preassembled package, ready for much faster installation that cuts high-cost labor...
...Anchor. For May, the merger was a golden chance to get a ready-made anchor in an economically stable area of the East, integrate May's Baltimore store, which has been lagging behind other May stores, into Hecht's Baltimore operation. Hecht stores, which will continue to use the Hecht name, will hitch their future to the bright May star, getting the advantage of May's huge national purchasing and merchandising facilities and its solid footing in some of the fastest growing U.S. population areas, e.g., Los Angeles and Denver. If stockholders approve-and they are expected...