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...Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the little blue engine. 'I think I can-I think I can-I think I can . . .' " Over the mountain at last, with its load of Christmas toys for the children on the other side, the engine puffed happily: " 'I thought I could -I thought I could-I thought I could...
Duke did not carry a full military load, as Barns did in his Sabre, but on the other hand he had the disadvantage of Hying in colder air. The temperature over the Channel was only 72° F., while Barns flew over the hot desert near Salton Sea, Calif, in air at 104° F. Since the speed of sound is lower in cooler air, Duke approached more closely the resistance point that waits just below Mach...
Standard will soon show off new pickaback flatcars, the first especially designed for hauling truck trailers. Biggest improvement: re cessed wells for the trailers, making it easier to load them, and eliminating many overhead clearance problems. Railroad men think that the new cars will enable them to haul trailers for 4? a mile less than truckers can pull them over the highways. If they do, the embattled truckers and railroads may be headed for a profitable truce...
Next morning a heavy load of work was ready for the President when he sat down at his desk at Lowry Air Force Base at 7:45. During his seven-day absence, three large leather pouches, chained and padlocked, had arrived in Denver. Dozens of letters, written and typed up in Washington, awaited his approval and signature. The two-foot pile of "urgent" papers before him was higher than the length of the rainbow trout. With an audible sigh, Dwight Eisenhower settled down to work...
...responsibilities of Prime Minister, and Anthony Eden, due to return from his convalescence at month's end, stuck to his Foreign Secretary's post. Shelved, if not abandoned, was the much-bruited plan to elevate Heir Apparent Eden to Deputy P.M. and lighten Sir Winston's load. But until they get the doctor's reports on how Torydom's Big Two are bearing up, Britons are taking no bets that the reshuffling is finished...