Word: vacuums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Build Fast. John Foster Dulles, who had little confidence in neutralism, took an agonized look around and decided that the U.S. had to fill the vacuum. He concluded that the only solution was to build a Laotian army and build it fast...
...small but smoky fire in Mallinckrodt brought eight fire trucks rushing to the scene and attracted hundreds of onlookers yesterday, after defective electrical wiring caused a vacuum pump in a research laboratory on the main floor to become overheated...
...fire broke out while laboratory personnel were away having lunch, but was noticed immediately when lubricating oil in the vacuum pump ignited, causing billows of smoke to pour from the room...
...windows, one on the top, the other on the bottom, which are covered with collodion film less than four-millionths of an inch thick. The windows are so small (four-thousandths of an inch in diameter) that this gossamer stuff has enough strength to resist the suck of the vacuum. So the cell keeps its moist air and the bacteria...
SLOPPY INSPECTION of Electras before they were delivered to airlines brought a $6,000 fine to Lockheed from the Federal Aviation Agency. Among things found in wing fuel tanks were screws, rubbish, vacuum cleaners, a rivet gun. Since violations were uncovered, Lockheed has tightened up its inspections to FAA's satisfaction...