Word: bases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them which country gets there first, since the other will probably be close behind. But of course it will matter-though not militarily. The moon, once thought of as invincible "high ground" from which to launch an attack on an earthly enemy, now seems beyond consideration as a rocket base. Any lunar-launched missile would take far longer (16 hours) to reach its target than its earth-based counterpart. It would be harder to guide, easier to detect, and simpler to destroy. Which is one big reason behind Russia's willingness to sign an outer-space treaty, renouncing territorial...
...total technological advance. As such it is worth the $7 billion it will cost this year. Says Senator Mike Monroney: "Starving technology mortgages the future of our society. Twenty years ago, Britain picked immediate social goals over technological progress. Today it is paying the price, lacking the production base to support either social or technical progress...
Apart from the clouds of industry, Fuji today is challenged by both the contrails of Japan Air Lines' 22 jets and the blue exhaust of Honda's Formula I Grand Prix cars, which snarl in blurring white circles on a race track at Fuji's base...
...Diem regime in November 1963, and one of the ten who put Ky in power in June 1965. A tough field commander who led one of France's prized groupements mobiles during the Indo-China war, Co apparently found the temptations of power too appealing. With a base pay of $177 a month, he acquired three villas in Saigon and property worth an estimated $600,000 near Tan Son Nhut Airport. Go's wealth, it was said, came from payoffs by officers who wanted safe sinecures and from his collection of up to $3,400 apiece from wealthy...
Bears & Bulls. Home base for Mrs. Post's constant flurry of house parties and charity benefits is Washington's Hillwood, a 22-room Georgian mansion set on 24 acres overlooking Rock Creek Park. Invitations to Hillwood are only slightly less sought after than those to the White House. The house, already bequeathed to the Smithsonian, is furnished with Gobelin tapestries and Louis XVI furniture (including chairs made for Marie Antoinette). It is surrounded by a garden with plants from Buckingham Palace and Mount Vernon. In the French Regency dining room, guests-including Cabinet Ministers and royalty-eat from...