Word: weight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Studies of the California Highway Patrol found that small-car occupants suffer a far higher rate of injury or death in accidents. "Compact and foreign cars," says Michigan Highway Commissioner John C. Mackie, "may be socially desirable in some parts of the country, but they are a nuisance. Less weight and less acceleration make a car less safe...
...that primary, there was no telling about the contribution Ike had made to the outcome. But one thing was certain: in the long-range G.O.P. situation, the last Republican President of the U.S. had, intentionally or not, thrown his considerable weight against Goldwater...
...stories above some elegant but unrelated granite vaultwork. Since much of Mexico City sits on what was a lake, the building must be broad-footed to avoid sinking into muddy subsoil. A Mexican engineer, Leonardo Zeevaert, designed a displacement foundation that is in effect a watertight ship, and the weight of the building that it supports exactly equals the weight of the soil removed in excavation. Mexicans call it "the floating embassy...
...strength to the hull; Eagle's is pancake flat to give the crew better footing and to lower the center of gravity so the boat will stand up straighter in strong winds. Most modern twelves have a reverse-sloping transom-an ugly but useful device to save weight-but Luders achieves the same end by tapering deck and hull to a pointed stern...
...should continue to be taught primarily through the study of the substance of science. But we think an increase in the amount of laboratory work in General Education courses would deepen the student's awareness of the working reality of scientific endeavor. And we believe an increase in the weight of mathematics in the Program would elevate the level of accomplishment...