Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When asked at a news conference at M.I.T. yesterday whether he would stay on as a member of the Board, Seamans said he still has "not had a chance to discuss this with President Pusey." He added he "would certainly like to," if he could really carry his "own weight...
Despite its vital importance, the SPS engine was the only major system aboard the spacecraft designed without another complete system to back it. Like other systems, the engine had duplicate parts made to take over if its tanks, valves or propellant lines failed. But space and weight limitations had forced the manufacturer, Aerojet-General Corp., to include only a single combustion chamber, fuel injector and nozzle extension skirt (see illustration). The failure of any of these parts could have meant disaster...
...week before their release. Bradley Crowe, 21, a communications technician third class, said treatment of the crew worsened in September, when a U.S. apology expected by the North Koreans failed to materialize. Fed little besides soup and kimchi, a garlic-laden cabbage dish, all of the men lost weight-one as much...
There are so many weight watchers and calorie counters in the U.S. that each year they consume almost 1,500 tons of saccharin and 7,500 tons of cyclamates. The cyclamates come in liquid form or in tablets for use at home, and are dissolved in most low-calorie soft drinks by their makers. Are they safe? For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration thought so and recommended no limit on consumers' intake...
...Russian weight equivalent...