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...part of the Geneva bargaining-was once more dashed by the West Germans, who insist on higher prices than the other five in order to protect their inefficient farmers. With this lack of progress, the Geneva negotiations are sure to get off to a slow start, and will probably drag on wearily for many, many months. Some Europeans feel, in fact, that Charles de Gaulle does not want the Geneva parley at all, and would be happy to see it collapse because of German intransigence over grain...
...rewrite the constitution, which prevents a President from succeeding himself, and entrench himself in power. A left-run nation of permanent chaos loomed as an all too real prospect. And Brazil, of course, is no island; the largest and most important nation in Latin America, it could conceivably drag the rest of the continent down with...
Exhaust Pipes & Nail Polish. Entries are divided into twelve classes: Custom Rod Motorcycle, Sports Car, Antique,' Hand Emit, Classic, Restored, Drag Boat. Pick Up. Go Kart and Minnie Bike. The best in each class compete tor two championship trophies: Best Rod and Best Custom. In addition, spectators may vote for "the most popular car of the show"; the car with the most votes in all shows on the circuit wins a 1964 500-XL Ford...
...swept-wing plane moves faster, its center of lift shifts rearward towards the tail. If it is not counteracted in some way, this shift will make the plane dangerously nose heavy. A pilot might use his elevators to hold the nose up, but this maneuver would cause costly drag. The All licks the problem in a simple and straightforward manner; it has small lifting structures ahead of the main delta. They give almost no lift at low speed, but as speed picks up, their lift increases greatly and supports the nose. Much of the high-speed lift comes from narrow...
...down despite the diminishing resistance. Most experts are convinced that the All's top speed is considerably above the 2,000 m.p.h. with which it is officially credited, and that it makes its best speed somewhere around 70,000 ft. Below this level the ship is slowed by drag; above it, the engines begin to suffer from air starvation...