Word: withstanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...powered by a pair of new J58 jet engines, developed by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co. over the past eight years. But its real secret lies in the metal of which it is largely made: titanium, which can withstand the searing heat that is generated in flight at many times the speed of sound. Titanium had long resisted the best efforts of engineers to fabricate it as the major metal in any aircraft...
...Boeing 707 and 180 ft. for the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic). The big planes are designed to carry 150 to 210 passengers, depending on seating arrangements, and attain a speed of Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) v. a Mach 2.2 top speed for the Concorde. To withstand the heat generated by the higher speed, the U.S. supersonics will be built of titanium and stainless steel...
Explorer-scientists still use dog sleds frequently in terrain too rough for tractors or motor toboggans. New Zealand dog handlers have not only evolved a special breed of husky to withstand the world's crudest climate, but have even developed a new "language" that the dogs understand better than the "Mush!" used by old Yukon hands: to start the team, the handler cries "Wheet...
Survival Silos. A "second-strike retaliation weapon," such as Minuteman or Polaris, must be able to withstand enemy attack, and have all its intricate systems, including communications, intact when the pounding is over. Said McNamara: "Our missile force is deployed so as to assure that under any conceivable Soviet first strike, a substantial portion of it would remain in firing condition. Most of the land-based portion of the force has been hardened as well as dispersed...
...case of Edith Helm has proved that a kidney transplanted to an unnatural location can do double duty and also withstand the strains of repeated pregnancies. As the Brigham team headed by Surgeon Joseph Murray reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last week, this is "gratifying." Beyond the doctors' Yankee reserve, though, is the knowledge that no tougher test of their technique could be devised...