Word: compasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...echoing a journalist who closely followed the election of President Nixon, Theodore H. White. Reacting at least partially to unfavorable reviews of his book, The Making of a President, 1968, White attacked the "increasing concentration of the cultural pattern of the U.S. in fewer hands. You can take a compass with a one-mile radius and put it down at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 51st Street in Manhattan and you have control of 95% of the entire opinion-and influence-making in the U.S." On William F. Buckley's TV program, Firing Line, White suggested breaking...
...familiarization flights. He searched quietly for pilots and demanded, with reason, that they be experienced. Studying press photographs of their planes in Africa last week, a Malmö Flygindustri executive pointed out with a shudder that the trainers were so overloaded with extra fuel tanks, rockets and radio compass that they were "technically" unable to leave the ground...
...great pity, as this collection amply illustrates. The 300 selections present a remarkable range of style and subject and a surprising spectrum of soft colors (the chalks and washes) that often show off the sharp eye and skeletal strength of the artist better than works done in larger compass...
Floating on air and practically freed from friction, a 160-ton Boeing 747 can be pulled effortlessly around airports; it can even be shoved sideways in a cramped hangar by a small tractor. The awkward task of calibrating a plane's compass* will also be eased by the new device. The big planes will be floated onto a 46-ft. diameter turntable that will be suspended 3 in. above the ground on air bearings. A tractor will then turn the plane to any angle on the freely rotating turntable, eliminating considerable maneuvering and excessive wear on the tires...
...Because an aircraft's metallic structures and its electronic instruments can cause its magnetic compass to give incorrect readings, the compass must be adjusted after installation, as the plane is pivoted through a full circle on the ground...