Word: atlas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hubert Humphrey erroneously credits "that mythological god Atlas" with the ability "to touch the earth and gain strength" [Election Extra]. Atlas was a Titan, not a god, whose function in Greek mythology was the support of the earth on his back. His strength was sapped, not supplemented, by the crushing burden...
Building such machines meant that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena had to build an entirely new and difficult technology. But last week's performance of Ranger VII was an intricate exercise in perfection. The Atlas booster took off from Cape Kennedy as routinely as a commuter leaving for the railroad station. After the Atlas dropped off, the Agena second stage put Ranger VII in a parking orbit, and twenty-two minutes later, the Agena fired again, giving the spacecraft the correct speed and direction to take it to a rendezvous with the moon...
...that "I wish the American public would leave that out of their thinking." Your article went on to say that "because of the arguments-like Bush's-against it, it was not until May 1954 . . . that the Air Force launched a crash program to develop the Atlas ICBM...
Says Patrick Moriarty, president of the Atlas Fire Works Co. of Lynwood, Calif.: "The trend is toward putting fireworks back into the hands of the people. The sales of these safe and sane items are going so fast we just can't keep up. In five to ten years, they'll be legal all through the country...
...Clark de clared for the 6-3 majority that "the same considerations apply to joint ventures as to mergers." > A major manufacturer cannot acquire the producer of a different but possibly competitive product. Specifical ly, the court disapproved of the 1956 merger between Continental Can and Hazel-Atlas Glass, ruling 7-2 that Continental's cans and Hazel's bottles were not in separate industries but were all part of the "competitive overlap" in the packaging market. > In a highly concentrated industry, a large company may not acquire a relatively small competitor. A month ago, the court held...