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...wings and tails of many modern transports cannot be reached from the ground; rudders present so much surface to a cross wind, moreover, that pilots often find it necessary to keep them locked while taxiing. release them just before a takeoff. Most big planes, as a result, now have built-in locking systems operated from the cockpit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Locked Controls | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

Furthermore, the economy has a great many built-in supports - mostly devised by the New Deal - to keep up buying power and cushion the severity of a slump. Government price supports keep the farmer's income relatively stable ; federal deposit insurance helps prevent any 1932-type bank panics. Strong unions keep a floor under wages; unemployment insurance tides the jobless over short layoffs. While only 15% of the U.S. labor force was covered by pension systems in the '30s, today 90% are covered, and private pension plans have grown from 720 in 1930 to 14,000, covering more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Supports | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...plane has been designed by Henry Dreyfuss for greater comfort and beauty. To eliminate the "streetcar" look, he broke the interior up into three cabins, with paneled walls giving a living-room effect, put in a midplane lounge with fabric-covered sofas, and chairs with disappearing arms and built-in headrests. The plane's large, rectangular windows give 85% more visibility than most planes. The three cabins, if desired, can be used for three separate types of service, luxury, tourist and coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Connie v. Comet | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

GERALD McBOING BOING (25 pp.)-United Productions of America-Simon & Schuster ($1). The little boy with the built-in sound track for a voice brings his success story from the motion-picture cartoon to the printed page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Children's Hour | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

Designed by Raymond Loewy, the National comes in two sizes (27 ft. and 33 ft), is priced at $3,000 and $3,500. Built on a steel frame instead of the usual wood, it has sheet steel sides and top, a built-in stove, refrigerator, closets, bathtub and picture windows and sleeps four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Trailer Life | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

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