Word: boosterism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Named as co-conspirators but not indicted were Herman (Hank) Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun and a longtime Hughes booster; and George Crockett, an old Hughes friend...
...result of this murder, particularly women are reminded that they should not be out alone at night. Their need for men to protect them is even greater now than before. This will probably even serve as an actual ego-booster to many men, and yet the tacit acceptance of a situation where women cannot move freely about, but are in constant need of a male escort is a participation in that violence...
...while the Skylab mission seemed to be in trouble. Only four days before the Nov. 10 launch date, workmen at the Kennedy Space Center discovered hairline cracks around bolts on all eight stabilizing fins of the Saturn 1-B booster that is to launch the ferry ship toward a rendezvous with the orbiting space station. The cracks may have developed when the rocket's fuel tanks were filled, enormously increasing the weight on the fins. Exposed to Florida's salty air, the fins may have been weakened by corrosion. To avert a calamitous accident after liftoff, NASA officials...
...handling of anti-Nixon demonstrators at 1972 rallies attended by the President in Illinois and Tennessee, the latter featuring Billy Graham as a booster. Some of the activists, as well as witnesses, have accused Secret Service agents and White House advance men of interfering with the civil rights of peaceful protesters...
...most important observations may well be made by Skylab 3, which is still scheduled for launch on Nov. 10 despite problems last week in fueling the first-stage booster. The flight may be lengthened from its original 56 days to as many as 85 days. That will let the astronauts view the comet during the time when it is close by and most influenced by solar radiation: from Dec. 28, when Kohoutek emerges from behind the sun, until mid-January, when it sweeps to within 75 million miles of the earth...