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Rockets get their zip by means of a restrained explosion; the rapidly burning propellant must generate hot gases at precisely the right pressure. If the pressure is too low, the rocket does not fly; too high, and it bursts like a bomb. Very slight defects or miscalculations can raise the pressure to the danger point. The rocket can explode if the nozzle is a few thousandths of an inch too small. A solid propellant may crack, sharply increasing the burning rate. Unburned propellant can block the nozzle, or flame can burn a hole in the thin casing. As any Cape...
Self Zipper. For women who have a hard time zipping up the backs of their dresses, L.M.B. Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia is selling the Zip Master, a long nylon cord with a brass spring fastener that clips onto the slide tab. Price...
Chrysler Corp. reported total May sales of 70,814, up 19% over last year. To add more zip to sales, Chrysler's President Lester Lum Colbert made some drastic dealer shifts-and readied a new car. The company has known for some time that its dual system of De Soto-Plymouth and Dodge-Plymouth dealerships, has seriously hurt Plymouth sales, since the dealers were inclined to push the higher-priced cars on which they made more money. To correct this, the De Soto and Plymouth divisions were merged, with Plymouth to be top dog. Chrysler last week asked...
...economy. Their report was still another confirmation that the U.S. is in the early stages of a new boom. The businessmen thought that a steel strike might slow the economy's pace somewhat in 1959's second half, but not enough to take the zip out of industry-or prevent it from hitting new peaks in many important sectors...
...newspapers ain't reliable. Is The Times lies? But if it's gonna lie anyway, why is it so borin'?" At eleven, Horatio knew "the local civics of the vice squad ... In architecture, how to make time bombs; in interpersonal relations, how to make zip guns ... In philosophy he knew that the Future Lies Ahead of Us, yet-alas-One Thing Leads to Another...