Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sweet Smell of Excess. In Chicago, after eight successful burglaries of two candy stores, Wardell Sharpe, 34, was caught on his ninth try, explained that he kept going back because the shops were convenient to his home...
...were made to aim the Pioneer for the moon's vicinity, in the hope that its instruments could measure and even get a dim picture of the mysteries that have nagged men's minds for centuries. But its trajectory was off; Pioneer missed the moon and headed back to a fiery death in the earth's atmosphere. Still, the unprecedented shot was a historic success, especially because Pioneer's instruments flashed reams of new knowledge of outer space. Britain's top scientists called it "an amazing feat," "a most tremendous achievement." Paris' Roman Catholic...
...Trajectory. One by one, Pioneer's tracking stations reported in with good news. Cued by the Hawthorne Data Reduction Center, the big radiotelescope station in Manchester, England picked up Pioneer within a dozen minutes, sent tracking information clacking back into the electronic data-reducing headquarters in the Space Technology Lab. But moments later, at the third stage rocket burnout, with Pioneer at maximum velocity, Canaveral scientists quickly computed speed and altitude. Had Pioneer shot up at too vertical an angle and thus been robbed of some of its getaway speed? The computations said yes. The scientists instantly decided...
...grains and gains, that the G.O.P. must recover if it is, at best, to close up the House gap on Democrats or, at worst, to forestall a Democratic landslide. Last week TIME correspondents traveled through the Midwest, reported on issues and outlook. Their major conclusion: far from booming back in their traditional bastion, Republicans are fighting desperately to hold their own on a bloody political battleground. The facts behind the findings...
...Steve Burke broke the tie in the third quarter with a line plunge through the massive Boston line to put the Crimson in the lead, 12 to 6. With the Yardling pass defense tightened, B.C. kept the ball on the ground but were unable to retain possession. Crimson half-back John Shipman then slipped around end for a 15 yard touchdown...