Word: weights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Known Person." Guttmacher ticked off a list of Ruby's deviations: he is a "suicide risk," has a "voracious need" to be loved, especially by "persons in positions of power," has a deep "consciousness of sexual doubt," has "a narcissistic concern over his weight and his baldness...
Speed & Thrust. Most authorities credit the All's performance to its lightness, its radical double-delta wing and its equally radical engines. The weight depends largely on lavish use of titanium, which is not much heavier than aluminum, but stands the searing heat of Mach3 flight. Titanium alloys sell for more than $5 per Ib. and are difficult to fabricate, but advanced airplanes are no respecters of cost...
High & Thin. The All's combination of low weight and high power permits it to take advantage of the fact that air at high altitude is so thin it offers little resistance. As the plane climbs higher, it flies faster, and its engines swallow more air through their gaping intakes. But the All finally must reach an altitude where the air is so thin that its engines cannot gather enough oxygen to keep them roaring healthily. Above this point the plane slows down despite the diminishing resistance. Most experts are convinced that the All's top speed...
...obsession with Generals stems from the heavy weight the grade carries in the ratio used to compute departmental Honors. Honors, in turn, are no longer simply an indication of specific achievement. They have become disproportionately important to students, chiefly because so many graduate schools are guided by them. More than half of Harvard's graduates now go on to further study. Students interested in courses outside their field take them at the risk of lowering their departmental Honors status. Unless they wish to graduate with a Cum Laude in General Studies, good work in outside courses remains unconsidered. Only departmental...
...Delta lies vacant and barren all day; it broods in the evening and it cries all night. I get the impression that the land is cursed and suffering, groaning under the awful weight of history's sins. I can understand what Faulkner meant: it must be loved or hated...or both. It's hard to imagine how any music but the blues could have taken root in the black soil around...