Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ministers of the Missouri synod (membership: 2,150,230), tentatively opened the door to the "party. "In the literature of our synod with respect to the question of the dance," said the committee in a resolution before the conference, "we found quotations of theologians and conferences as far back as Chrysostom and the Council of Laodicea [ probably 4th century] with constant and consistent warnings against the dangers [of dancing]." But through the years there has also been a minority report. The committee conclusion: If, after consideration, a Lutheran group finds social dancing "in accord with its objectives...
...Blaik's Army juggernauts went undefeated for 32 and 28 games at a clip. When, in 1951, Blaik's quarterback son Bob and virtually the entire varsity squad were dismissed from the Point in the mishandled "cribbing scandal," Blaik resolutely stayed on, brought Army back to football greatness, last year had another unbeaten season. Last week, at 61, he resigned, denied he was leaving because of friction with Army brass over the Academy's no-Bowl policy ("sheer malarky"), or for health reasons ("bunk"), said only: "I decided I'd had it." ¶ Independent boxing promoters...
...program to put a man in orbit and bring him back alive, called Project Mercury, is distinct from the tests scheduled for the stub-winged X-15 already built by North American Aviation. Inc. Essentially an extra-tough airplane, the X-15 will climb into nearby space under its own rocket power and glide quickly back to earth under full control. Project Mercury's space capsule will be designed to achieve an around-the-earth orbit, but it will land passively by parachute...
Padded Couch. The capsule will be launched by an intercontinental ballistic missile (presumably an Atlas or its successor). The pilot will lie on his back on a padded couch to reduce the effects of g forces, reckoned to hit more than seven times the force of gravity during the acceleration after takeoff. In his tiny enclosure, he will be surrounded by an atmosphere of endurable temperature and pressure. He will have food and water in case he feels like eating or drinking, and a two-way voice radio will keep him in touch with the ground stations. There will...
...calls them apes or monkeys) will get lengthening rides. On about the seventh shot, a man will be sent up 70 miles, landing 200 miles away. Next a manned capsule will orbit the earth once. Final step: to put a man in orbit for 24 hours and bring him back alive...