Word: weights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jump. The man goes up almost vertically before he begins tracing a curved path into a position somewhat below and to the rear of the plane. The relative gentleness of the takeoff and the curved trajectory result from the interaction of several forces: the man's weight and air resistance, the speed and altitude of the plane, and the stretchability of the woven nylon line, which absorbs shock as it lengthens. Within five minutes of liftoff, the man is hoisted aboard the plane...
...number on one piece and a like number of horses or flowers painted on the other. Various counting boards and bars derive from the theory of sets used in computers. A small seesaw devised by Child Guidance Toys Inc. of New York City teaches addition and subtraction by using weighted numerals that hang from each end of the bar; only the combined weight of a two and a seven, for example, will balance a nine. Playskool Manufacturing Co. of Chicago, which got many of its long-popular peg-and-hole toys from standard IQ tests, now makes a 100-bead...
...Faced Scale. The chocolate bar situation, which is highly important to Europe's huge chocolate makers (Nestle, Stollwerck, Droste), arose because each of the Common Six differs in the weight and size of its candy, and each wants imported chocolate to follow local regulation. But it is only one bite from a batch of standardization problems that has been stirred up by the increase in Common Market trade. The Six have decided, after two years of negotiation, on 38 tons as the maximum weight for a long-haul truck, but they still have not stipulated how this weight should...
...proper length of the ski is concerned, a rule of thumb is for men from nine to twelve inches over their head, depending on weight and physical fitness. Never buy them any shorter than that because it is dangerous. For women the rule would be from six to nine inches...
Captain Art Croasdale heads a group of field performers who may even outdo their running teammates. Croasdale is probably the league's best in the 35-lb. weight throw and may break the 60-ft. mark this winter. John Bakkensen demonstrated with a 53 ft., 11 in. practice throw last week, that he also plans to give the opposition a bit of trouble...