Word: weights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Atomsville, U.S.A., is strictly for small fry. So that parents will take the hint, the entrance is only 5-ft. high. The little visitors can prospect for uranium on a world map, produce electricity by riding bicycles, shoot "neutrons" at "uranium atoms" on a pinball machine, and measure their weight in atoms. They seem to have plenty of fun, whether or not they learn very much about atoms...
...agent in the pay of the Soviet Union, Paâques argued, had been nothing more than a clandestine political seminar, an effort to explain the intricacies of French policy. By filling the Russians in on Western military strength, he also felt he could countervail the "excess of weight" of the Anglo-Saxons-particularly the U.S.-in Europe and Africa, and perhaps prevent war based on miscalculation...
...camel. Its nappy coat insulates it against external temperatures, and it can withstand body temperatures of up to 104.9°F. before its sweat glands begin to function. As the camel is cooled by its evaporating sweat, it can lose up to 30% of its total body weight without harm because the water content in the blood plasma stays close to normal, permitting the blood to circulate freely. Camels loping in after a two-week journey across the sands are often in an extremely desiccated condition; once the thirsty animals reach water they may drink as much as 30 gallons...
...circulation, which reached 30,000 by 1960, has more than doubled since. Today Bill Buckley is convinced that National Review is living up to its promise to "change the political face of America." In the light of Goldwater's growing successes, that conviction seems to carry more weight than...
...late in the 19th century in Chicago, Max and Harry Hart, Joseph Schaffner and Marcus Marx pioneered as high-volume manufacturers of men's clothing ("One just price and just one price"). They brought out the first honest-to-goodness virgin-wool suits in 1900, and a tropical-weight suit in 1917. About the same time in Rochester, two other clothiers, Jeremiah Hickey and Jacob Freeman, were sewing up their own vested interests. Last week the two companies that these men founded joined hands across the rack in an $11 million stock-swapping merger deal...