Word: weight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hardest on is the Lincoln, frankly aimed at knocking Cadillac from leadership of the luxury market. Longest car on the road (229 in.), the Lincoln looks like a popular version of the Continental, which now becomes the top-priced Lincoln series, has horsepower boosted to 375 h.p., and new weight distribution that makes it handle like a sports car. Says Stylist Walker: "If that Lincoln doesn't beat Caddy, I don't know which...
...speed, too, is different. "II" moves at 17,840 m.p.h. compared to 18,000 m.p.h. for the original. Muttnik, which has a longer orbit, consequently takes 103.7 minutes to circle the globe, compared to 96.2 minutes for its predecessor. The most impressive difference, though, is in weight: 184 pounds...
...difference in weight, he explained, was probably due to the shape and size of the rocket, compared to a sphere with a 23-inch diameter. He added that the weight of the instruments and the dog in the forward section of the cylinder might also total more than the mass of the first satellite...
...literary achievements. Such a technique fits descriptions of American cities and landscapes much better, and it is here that Kerouac occasionally is not bad reading. But Thomas Wolfe did all that much better, for he at least knew when to let a scene carry him along by its own weight and happily didn't feel obliged to punctuate the description with "Ah's" and "Oh's" or "Wild man; Wild...
Born. To Carol Haney, 32, gaminlike dancer of The Pajama Game (both stage and screen), and Actor Larry Blyden, 32; a son, their first child; by Caesarean section; in Manhattan. Name: Joshua. Weight...