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ACROSS the North American continent from the edge of the polar icecap to the Mexican border lies a vast and wondrously intricate system of aerial defenses. Built over a period of nine years at a cost of more than $18 billion, based upon radar networks within networks electronically tied to the most modern systems of detection and interception (see color pages), it was never considered foolproof against penetration. A defense in depth, it was designed to-and will-limit to a minimum the breakthroughs of Soviet long-range bombers coming to pour nuclear destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: NORAD: DEFENSE OF A CONTINENT | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...Catching the same sort of fever that heated up Rice and Notre Dame, a couple of underdogs engineered a couple of astonishing upsets. Already beaten out of the Ivy League title, Yale put on a spectacular aerial attack to trip Princeton, 20-13. Running out of a winged-T, Mississippi's Rebels showed the kind of power they were supposed to see in Tennessee's single wing and ran over the Volunteers, 14-7. Among the even-money choices, Ohio State squeaked past Iowa 17-13 and earned a trip to the Rose Bowl to play Oregon, conqueror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Nov. 25, 1957 | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

Eliot's offense was limited almost entirely to the ground. They attempted only one pass, which was incomplete. Dudley had an effective aerial attack until Eliot's defenders began to smother the Commuters' ends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Upsets Dudley for First Win; Adams Defeats Dunster in Soccer | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

Coach Norm Shepard has stressed offensive pass patterns all week hoping that a stronger aerial attack will produce the one extra touchdown that the team has needed in its last two games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Eleven Seeks First Victory Today | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...pitcher, batter, catcher and a runner on second in one glance; sometimes the camera almost stole the catchers' signals. In the third game, 17 hits squirted about the landscape while the Yankees belittled the Braves, 12-3. The ten innings of the fourth game were a drill in aerial photography as four crucial home runs traveled the fences-Hank Aaron's three-runner and Frank Torre's in the fourth; Yankee Elston Howard's two-out, full-count game-tying hit in the ninth, and Eddie Mathews' great big fat one in the tenth. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best Seat in the House | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

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