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...upstairs, the stairs collapse. When Andy lights a fire, the house fills up with smoke. When he runs to the well for water, the cap collapses, and he lands in the drink. When he tries to barbecue a chicken, flame shoots out of the bird's behind and whoosh! it takes off like a rocket...
Plunging Roots. Socony Mobil uses films in a fine game for teenagers. Thirty-six kids at once sit in drivers' seats, hold steering wheels, adjust themselves to brakes and accelerators, and stare at a road ahead of them which is shown on small, individual screens. With a whoosh and voom, they're off, all 36 zinging up the same road in a contest to see who is the most economical and safest driver. They are graded electronically as they meet situations-a school bus discharging its tender cargo, an idiot driver warping and woofing all over the right...
...running colt that tied the Santa Anita track record for a mile in an afternoon workout. The Scoundrel finished fifth, seven lengths behind Hill Rise. And it was that view from the back that persuaded Shoemaker to pick Hill Rise as his Kentucky Derby mount. "He just ran off-whoosh-and left me," said Willie. "Anybody who saw him run that day couldn't help being impressed...
...microphones briefly, only to lose it once again to the insurgents. The claims and counterclaims going out over the air waves were all very confusing to the folks tuned in at home. In the distance, they could also hear the rumble of tanks manned by rebel cadets, and the whoosh of government air force F-100 jets that were spraying the rebels with machine-gun fire from rooftop level...
...engine that drives a fan in the bug's nose. The fan supports the vehicle on a column of air by the same principle as the larger air-supported vehicles under development for military and commercial transportation. Designed strictly for fun, the Dart can whoosh 300 Ibs. of people about 30 m.p.h. over flat land or smooth water. Price: $595 assembled; about...