Word: arming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dunphy maintained that he simply wanted to select his own city solicitor--his "right arm." He expressed no dissatisfaction with the legal abilities of Trodden, a friend since their school days together. A new solicitor has not yet been named, but Dunphy said he had two men in mind for the job. He said he had no present plans to remove any other City officials, and promised to meet with the council in executive session if he should decide to fire anyone else...
...capital of Accra, the brass band played fortissimo. Then the drums beat. Then there were speeches in English, French and the local language, Twi. At last Yaa was handed up to the platform, where a technician stood poised with his jet gun. He placed it against Yaa's arm and pressed the pedal trigger. Yaa opened her mouth in a gap-toothed smile...
...plan was to lower a "golden jewel box" to the moon's surface, dig an 18-inch hole with the spacecraft's mechanical arm and claw, then use the arm to put the jewel box in the hole. By bombarding the claw-dug moon material with alpha particles and measuring the speed and number of the rebounding particles, the 8-in.-sq. box could identify the chemical composition of substances beneath the moon's surface. Contamination by material from other parts of the moon and from meteorites would be avoided...
...stuck. Using the spacecraft's TV camera to hunt for the source of the trouble and working with duplicate models, JPL scientists and engineers from JPL and Hughes Aircraft, designer of the moon robot, struggled to set it free. Twice they nudged it with the digger arm. No luck. All it did was swing a bit. Then they tried again, using the arm to steady the box against Surveyor and simultaneously pressing down. This time, success. The box descended to the lunar surface, and the crucial, drawn-out process of testing began. This week JPL will be sifting...
...opera world, fiery Greek-Canadian Soprano Teresa Stratas, is now stalemated, as much because of conflicts between their careers as between their temperaments. But Mehta has shown no inclination to mope around about it-at least not alone; he is rarely seen without a girl on his arm...