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...protection against defensive missiles fired from the ground. Better still, it is comparatively light: the G.E. ablating nose cone used on the "longfellow'' Atlas fired May 20 from Florida to the Indian Ocean probably played an important part in the missile's being light enough to attain its 9,000-mile range...
Pioneer V did not attain quite this speed, missing it by about 150 m.p.h. So instead of intersecting the orbit of Venus, it will stay about 7,500,000 miles outside. During each of its trips around the sun, which will take 311 days, Pioneer V will swing outward toward the earth's orbit. But only very rarely will the earth be there to meet it. NASA scientists estimate that at least 100,000 years may have to pass before Pioneer V gets close enough to the earth to burn up in its atmosphere...
Carroll was not even winded at the finish. A nationally-known prodigy even in his high school years, he seems ready at last to attain the heights everyone predicted for him. He will menace Crimson performers in the 1000, mile, and both relays this winter...
...rises to the level of theatre when Siobhan McKenna speaks or moves or even stands in her contrapposto fashion, but against the cliche of line, improbability of story, and a pseudo-realism of cursing, bedroom scenes, and drunkenness, which make the characters less than two dimensional, she cannot possibly attain her usual brilliance...
Economic Growth: The U.S. should strive to attain an economic growth rate of 6% a year instead of the past decade's average of 3% a year. So far, Rockefeller has not explained just how that 6% goal might be reached...