Word: capaciousness
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Although the spongelike material fills the tank, it soaks up the fuel and capaci ty is not significantly reduced. The or ange polyurethane, by containing the fuel and its vapor, reduces the possibility of explosion or fire when the tank is hit by a bullet or ruptures during a crash. At the Air Force demonstration, a bullet fired into a fuel-and-foam-filled tank produced only a slight glow as fuel vapor escaping from the pressurized tank ignited outside. Foam has been successfully used for nine months in the tanks of HH-3E helicopters and other aircraft operating...
...first menstrual period) has come down from 14-plus in 1900 to 12-plus today. Thus the earlier physical maturity in girls, combined with early dating and going steady (which many of them equate with being in love), often thrusts youngsters into sexual and emotional situations far beyond their capaci ty. Writes Child Expert Benjamin Spock in the April Ladies' Home Journal: "The trouble is that Nature is working for a marriage at about 15 or 16 years. Early dating and going steady for months will encourage intimacy even before 15. But our society expects everyone...
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