Word: weightfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...times as strong by weight as mescaline and psilocybin, the related substances found in nature. It gives trippers intense hallucinations. Waves of color and vibrations sweep through the head; reality dissolves. Imagining that they are birds, some users have plunged to death or serious injury while attempting to fly. Known medically as hallucinogenics or psychotogenics, these drugs are still subject to intense research. They seldom kill outright, and do not create the symptoms of physical dependency. Although earlier researchers found that they can be linked to permanent breaks in animal and human chromosomes, more recent studies have been unable...
...problem is that Boeing had originally asked Pratt & Whitney to provide an engine thrust of 41,500 Ibs. As the weight of the plane rose during development, however, the engineers had to revise this figure to 43,500 Ibs.-all within the original production schedule. When the engine strains for that much power, its casing tends to distort or "ovalize." That, in turn, reduces the amount of thrust and raises fuel consumption by 5%. Pratt & Whitney engineers are trying to find a way of installing stiffening rods that would eliminate distortion of the casing. The Federal Aviation Administration will have...
This Saturday, Arts and Letters will teach the handicap horses how to run. The arena will he spacious Belmont Park, and the conditions weight...
...purist will argue, Nodouble was giving Arts, and Letters an eighteen pound weight edge when they ran in the Metropolitan. In the Woodward, under weight-for-age, he gives away only six. Forget the weight argument. Arts and Letters was under only a "mild drive" when he bashed Nodouble two and a half lengths in the Metropolitan. When he tries harder, It's cookies...
Moreover we would suppose that in matters relating to the composition of the governing boards the Committee would accord particular weight to the views of their representatives because of their familiarity with the subject and their sense of what will be acceptable...