Word: balloons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...glittering new star appeared in the heavens last week, one that will be seen by more people than any other man-made object in history. It is the tissue-thin balloon satellite, Echo II, as tall as a 13-story building...
...Angeles, she weighed 315 Ibs., spread thick over a 5-ft. 6-in. frame. Dr. Ernst Drenick was delighted to see her. For years he had been studying the metabolic mysteries of obesity, and had rounded up ten of California's fattest male veterans-one a balloon-shaped 550 Ibs.-as volunteers. The WAVE would help them discover what difference sex might make in a grueling experiment to find out the value and effects of total starvation as a means of reducing...
Last week President Johnson seemed to be sending up a trial balloon for Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver. He had asked Shriver, off on a Peace Corps inspection trip, to deliver personal, confidential messages from the President to Pope Paul VI in the Holy Land, to Jordan's King Hussein, and to Israel's Premier Levi Eshkol...
...surprised group of women reporters at a White House reception, he said apropos of nothing in particular: "I regard Sargent Shriver as one of the most brilliant, most able and most competent officials in government. I regard him as one of my real confidants." And that sent the Shriver balloon soaring up into the stratosphere...
...President Johnson, and as far as I am concerned getting him re-elected is the most important thing." He tucked his hand under his belt again. "I'm pretty sure the President won't make a selection until after the Republican convention is over." He discounted Tuesday's trial balloon from the White House about Sargent Shriver for the post as a trial balloon. The President will fly a few more before this thing is over," he said...