Word: wave
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Liesbeth reported in her school paper: "One of us said, 'Of course you always managed to keep that unbeatable smile,' but the princess answered with a gesture like 'Sometimes I would like to wring their necks.' " Beatrix steamed on, describing a recent beam-and-wave tour: "There they stood, the little scoundrels. Their fists were clenched to throw sacks of confetti right in our faces-hard. The same with the flowers. And then you see the little faces of the kids, with their really mean expressions." Some people thought that was a rather mean expression...
...29BW's load transferred automatically to four other trunk lines running westward out of Beck, they were knocked out as well. With no place to go, the peak-hour power buildup reversed its flow, cascaded eastward through two 230,000-volt tie lines across Niagara Gorge. In a wave that lasted only five-sixths of a second, the wild wattage surged into New York State, knocking out the Niagara Falls-Massena main line three seconds later...
...hours the fight raged on as Communist crossfire kept the little band pinned down. "Anyone who moved was hit," said Savage, as he described the bitter struggle in which first the platoon leader and then the platoon sergeant were mowed down. But the rest fought on as wave after wave of attacks was beaten back by the platoon's guns and pinpoint Air Cav artillery support. When the remnants of the 2nd Platoon were finally rescued and brought back to safety, they were dazed and jabbering, but still had discipline, pride and-most amazing of all-ammunition to spare...
...bloody fighting around Chu Pong last week, tactical air support often made the difference between victory and sheer annihilation for the hard fighting men of the 1st Air Cav. Time after time, U.S. fighter-bombers swept down in the nick of time to break up human-wave assaults by the North Vietnamese. In four days of fighting, the Air Force flew 260 sorties over the torn battleground. That was just part of a week's work for the 550 South Viet Nam-based planes that dropped more than 1,500 bombs and sprayed some 500,000 rounds...
...limited to about 4,000 m.p.h. by practical considerations. The jet flame, burning conventional fuels, tends to blow out at supersonic flight speeds (above 720 m.p.h. at low altitudes). If it is to keep burning and providing thrust, the ramjet needs an inlet shape to generate its own shock wave, which will slow passage of air through the combustion chamber to a subsonic flow. Above 4,000 m.p.h., however such an inlet design could cause excessive temperatures and pressures in the combustion chamber, and thrust wouk be drastically reduced...