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Instead of being curved like most airfoils, Kline's wing is completely flat, at least on top. From the leading edge to almost halfway back, the cross section of the wing gradually thickens into a wedge. Then, the underside sweeps abruptly upward. It is this step that apparently gives the design its advantage over conventional airfoils. Tests show that it can provide lift even when it is tilted at an angle far greater than 19° to the onrushing air; it is around that angle that conventional wings begin to lose their lift, causing stalls...
...people who exist somehow in its heat. As she becomes more engrossed in her confession, and her humble gratitude, the sun melts and pours down to her hard kneecaps; rusty and almost frozen, down on the unheated wooden floor. Steam and smoke from its melting drift upward and wrap themselves about her loins and her heart; finally centering and being released in the hot tears that fall from her eyes with each deep intake of breath and sharp gasp of sweetly curdled praying words...
...vote, a proposal requiring a return to mandatory controls. AFL-CIO Chief George Meany has said that labor unions, in major contract negotiations covering almost 5,000,000 workers this year, will not be bound by the Administration's rubbery guideline of 5.5% if food prices continue their upward march. Robert Nathan, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, predicts that negotiated wage increases this year will average about 7%. In addition, he forecasts, more contracts than ever will contain potentially inflationary escalator clauses that will automatically add to paychecks an amount equal to the entire future...
...decades of U.S. balance of payments deficits. Foreign governments are committed to buy the dollars under a fixed exchange-rate system, but they do not really want them. This volatile cash rockets through European nations and Japan with alarming speed, searching for a currency that might be revalued upward and thus earn a quick profit for its holders...
Barbara W. Lass, director of Harvard Upward Bound, said last night that the survey would be invaluable in planning for school facilities and pre-school and adult educational programs...