Word: big
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cosmos, from the third cosmic rocket launched today." Then came the signals, sounding like hoarse violin notes at A above middle C. By that time, 1 p.m. Moscow time Oct. 4 (6 a.m. New York time), Lunik III was already 67,000 miles from the earth. Britain's big radio station at Jodrell Bank, instructed where to look by a telegram from Moscow, picked up the signal too and held it for 20 minutes. Then the violin notes stopped suddenly as if shut...
...official sources were struck with sudden silence. In the past the usual comment was that Russian space vehicles are big and brawny because of more powerful launching rockets, but that U.S. space vehicles, small and elegant, made up for the Russians' gross size by their sophistication...
Troubleshooters (NBC, Fri. 8-8:30 p.m., E.D.T.) is for all incorrigible sidewalk superintendents who like to watch the big power shovels and the ponderous cats crunch through their job, or like to hear the big blast in the deep hole. And those who like to follow the impressive accomplishments of men and machines-from tunnels to tough road jobs, to bridge building in Pakistan-may not mind the pure corn of the story line and the predictable antics of those two hefty part ners, Keenan Wynn and Decathlon Star Bob Mathias...
...stint on the $64,000 Challenge, answering questions about popular music earned Patty a $32,000 tie with another young actor: Eddie (Music Man) Hodges. By the time The Miracle Worker was ready for casting this summer, Patty had behind her some big TV specials, among them Wuthering Heights and Swiss Family Robinson, and half a dozen Hollywood movies (including The Goddess and Country Music...
...same, but now they are changing. Sign of the trend: George Braziller Inc. last week published six monographs on U.S. artists, to sell at $3.95 in hard cover and $1.50 in Pocket Book. The low prices were achieved by gambling on large sales and by ordering big first printings-10,000 hard cover, 50,000 paperbacks. The editions are identical inside, carry more than 80 plates each, with 16 in color (drawn partly from the files of TIME). Texts range from excellent on down...