Word: walls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Intelligence About Intelligence. In Montreal, picked up after he had committed 59 offenses, Charles A. McNaughton was described in the police report as "a brilliant intellectual who releases pent-up emotions by slashing white-wall tires with a sharp scissors...
Already the CAB men had made one important point. They could not prove what was wrong with the fire wall, but something undoubtedly was. At once American Airlines started overhauling its entire fleet of Convairs, inspecting their fire walls and improving their fire detection and extinguishing devices...
...reconstruction of the Flight 476 crash: the cylinder crack released an explosive mixture of gasoline and air, which was probably ignited by the hot exhaust manifold. The flames passed through the fire wall behind the cylinders, where they should have been stopped, and melted gas and oil lines, which released fresh fuel. The fire, now a roaring blowtorch, burned through the aluminum nacelle skin and heated the front wing spar. It failed, and the wing came...
Mating Call. In Kansas City, Mo., David R. Worman loaded his .22 rifle, fired several bullets into the wall, explained when police burst in on him: "I was lonely...
Milton had an easier time in boating Tim Wagg, 15-9, 15-7, and 15-9. His accurate cross-courts and wall shots completely fooled Wagg, who had neither the consistency nor control to handle Milton's experienced game...