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...automobile." The heart of the G.M. engine is two cylinders, each containing two opposed pistons. When fuel is exploded between the pistons they are driven apart and slammed together again. This has the effect of a bellows, forcing air out of the cylinder to turn a turbine wheel, which is geared to turn the car's rear wheels...
...Zachariades' most slavish service to Stalin occurred in the period following Tito's defection in 1948. A big wheel in the vast Cominform propaganda machine, Zachariades spewed abuse on Tito, accused him of bringing about the defeat of the Greek partisans. Gimlet-eyed Tito (also a Moscow alumnus) did not forget. Last year, when Khrushchev and Bulganin came to eat crow at Tito's table, one of the first remarks made by Tito was: "Zachariades has got to go." Said Bulganin: "Don't worry. Time will take care of things." Last week time caught up with...
Back over the Amman airport, the plane's nose wheel stuck in the well. For 20 minutes Hussein circled the field, waggling the wings to try to shake the wheel down into position, was finally advised from the ground to use an emergency bottle of compressed air, which slammed the wheel into place with a shock that shook the plane like an explosion. Says the King airily: "All this worry about my flying is silly. I've taken off from the desert at night by the lights of automobile head lamps. I've flown with overweight loads...
...nosed, 34-liter Ferrari had all the power and acceleration a skillful driver needs, but its conventional drum-and-shoe brakes were not designed for that demanding course. The best of Fangio's competitors had cars that seemed better fitted. Former British Champion Mike Hawthorn was at the wheel of a big (20 cc. more displacement than the Ferrari), D-type Jaguar fitted out with husky disc brakes, a type relatively unaffected by heat. Current British Champ Stirling Moss was driving a light (2.9-liter), cat-quick Aston Martin, also with disc brakes. Both British teams were superbly organized...
...Cure. In Windsor, Ont., charges of drunken driving against Verne Smith, 40, were dismissed after he told the court that he could not have been drunk at the wheel because he had downed only five of his daily quota of 15 beers, explained that he drinks so much that alcohol no longer has any effect...