Word: aire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...distinguished three-member fact-finding board reported bleakly to the President on its ten-day effort to mediate a settlement: "The board cannot point to any single issue of any consequence whatsoever upon which the parties are in agreement." Next morning Assistant Attorney General George Cochran Doub boarded an Air Force plane for Pittsburgh, steel capital, to argue the U.S.'s case for a Taft-Hartley injunction before District Judge Herbert P. Sorg...
...direction, it also showed how many false moves had been made before. His order reversed his own decision of last year to let the Army keep its space mission and the Von Braun team, also heavily modified Defense Secretary Neil McElroy's order of last month that the Air Force would be responsible for space-rocket vehicles. Actually, many thoughtful Army officers were glad to be free of the costly distractions of space to concentrate on overdue modernization of equipment and tactics for atomic-war ground troops...
...similar to the World War II Manhattan District in which scientists such as Dr. Robert Oppenheimer developed the A-bomb under the get-things-done command of the Army's General Leslie Groves. A get-things-done type from the military today would be of the caliber of Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Curtis E. LeMay, a man-to-the-moon enthusiast and organizational genius, or Air Force Lieut. General Bernard Schriever, who brought the Atlas ICBM to operational capability, or Admiral Arthur Radford, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
Part of the Cafe Pamplona's individuality lies in the fact that it has an outdoor terrace where coffee-sippers can watch the passing scene and enjoy the fresh air...
...class attendance--perhaps since the administration permits only six cuts per course per term--intellectual concern does not extend to the dormitories, dining halls, and fraternities. Many intelligent students complain about the lack of intellectual companionship and challenge outside of class. The loud blare of popular music fills the air...