Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...took them to the White House, an appearance before Congress, a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan, a reception at the United Nations and a state dinner hosted by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. And even before the glow from Apollo 8 subsided, NASA named Astronauts Michael Collins, 38, Neil Armstrong, 38, and Edwin Aldrin, 37, as the crew of what could be an even more historic flight: the Apollo 11 mission, which may well land the first men on the moon...
...Kids Turning On" [Sept. 13] I wonder what Dr. Hayakawa would have to say about the generation that spent every Saturday at the movies and the rest of the time with their ears glued to the radio, listening to such gems as "The Green Hornet," "Stella Dallas" and "Jack Armstrong...
Grinning mischievously from ear to ear, Viscount Lin ley, 6, returned to London from a holiday at Scotland's Balmoral Castle with his sister, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, 4, and his parents, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon...
...first major mistake in the career of George Armstrong Custer was his promotion to major-general during the Civil War: he flailed through Virginia with a cavalryman's flair that killed as many of his own men as those of the Rebels. After the war, as a brevet brigadier. Custer was assigned to Indian Territory and left part of his troop to canter back to his wife for "home leave." Two of his men were slaughtered en route. His final error occurred on the Little Big Horn, when Custer led more than 200 men to their deaths...
Will Steven Armstrong has designed the settings so that simple maneuvering can quickly shift the locations from jungle to crossroads, from the exterior of the Coliseum to the amphi-theatre inside. And Arthur (not Artur) Rubinstein has provided clever incidental music that makes periodic and parodic references to jazz, Ravel, and Respighi...