Word: wings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...frantically vocal desperation of the "moderate" Republicans in attempting to stop Goldwater will prove to be like the whimpering of a wet puppy. The "liberal" Democrats will face the same problem in November. There are more of us "nuts," "cranks" and "right-wing extremists" than they think...
Understandably annoyed, Moro handed his resignation to President Antonio Segni, who accepted conditionally but asked Moro and his Cabinet to remain in office until a new government could be formed. It may take some doing, since Moro has long been under fire from right-wing members of his Christian Democratic Party, who resent the "opening to the left" through which Moro brought the Socialists into the government. Socialist Nenni has been under equally sharp fire from leftists who charge that he has given in to Moro time after time on what were fundamental Socialist demands...
Under cover of darkness, his 300 paratroopers moved in from Camp Chinaimo outside Vientiane, picked up some 2,700 like-minded soldiers from other units and in less than two hours held all the key points in the city. Kong Le deposed the right-wing government, although Phoumi had been his mentor in the army. Installing Prince Souvanna Phouma as Premier, Kong Le sat back hopefully and waited for neutralism to develop. But furious at what he considered a betrayal by his protege, Phoumi pulled his 60,000-man army down to southern Laos and set up his own revolutionary...
...TILT WING: Rolled out last week by Ling-Tempco-Vought, Inc. of Dallas, the XC-142A transport has four turbo-prop engines and a wing that can be tilted for takeoff so that its four 15.6-ft. propellers point upward. When they all are pulling together, the props should generate enough direct lift to raise the plane vertically. When safely above obstacles, the pilot will gradually tilt the wing into normal flying position. The plane has yet to be flown, but its designers admit that it is no speedster. It will cruise at less than 300 m.p.h., and its operating...
...LIFT FAN: Perhaps the most imaginative design of all is the XV-5A lift fan built by Ryan Aeronautical Co. and General Electric. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary jet fighter with two engines, but set into the stubby wings are what seem to be large manhole covers. When opened, each cover exposes a fan 5 ft. in diameter. When valves close off the tailpipe of the jet engines, racing exhaust gases hit the tips of the fan blades and spin them at high speed. Twin blasts of air are forced downward, and their powerful thrust lifts...