Word: breakthroughs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...international incidents over infractions by unlucky or unwise tourists (which have increased as larger numbers of American travelers -18,000 last year-visit the Soviet Union); it would also serve as an important spur to other East-West agreements. Though the Russians have said repeatedly that no major breakthrough can come while the U.S. is fighting in North Viet Nam, lesser agreements, notably the treaty banning weapons of mass destruction from outer space, signed in ceremonies in Moscow, London, and Washington last week, can still be reached. Such contacts, said Rusk, "can reduce misunderstandings between our two countries and lead...
...Near the Water. Designer Warwick Hood devoted twelve months to tank tests before he drew the lines of Dame Pattie's 69-ft. 2-in. hull, and insiders contend that he has achieved a "major breakthrough" in hull design. Built at a cost of $500,000, the Dame has a radical rudder (broad at the top, tapering sharply at the foot) and a 92-ft. aluminum mast that is built in sections for extra flexibility-to keep the mainsail flatter while beating to windward. She also has Jock Sturrock at the helm. In unofficial competition with Gretel, Dame Pattie...
...Prescott College, a four-year liberal arts school that will open next week. Candidly acknowledging the enduring mystery of the process of learning, President Ronald C. Nairn explains: "We would love to teach education if we could find anyone who knew anything about it. This would be the greatest breakthrough since the time Greeks...
...weeks there have been small, vague, tantalizing signs pointing to a possible breakthrough toward negotiations on the Viet Nam war. Getting North Viet Nam to the conference table, most diplomats agree, can ultimately be brought about only by Peking, Moscow, or possibly Paris. Last week there were intriguing stirrings involving the three capitals...
...steed thundering down the stretch. Fetlocks and hindquarters dissolved into the hard shape of cams, pistons and gears. Through the years, Duchamp-Villon's Horse has been known only in terms of the final small-scale model. Even as such, it has been hailed as a major breakthrough in 20th century sculpture. Henri Matisse, paying a visit to the sculptor's studio, could only gasp at its completion: "It's a projectile...