Word: burn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Turn in Space. The Russians issued no explanation of how this was done. Easiest way is to turn the final-stage rocket in a desired direction by gyros or gas jets and then burn additional fuel to speed it up, slow it down or move it sideways. The necessary orders can be given by radio from the ground or by the rocket's own inertial guidance system. If the orders came from the ground, the problem was to get an accurate track of the rocket's course. The cloud of glowing sodium that the rocket released may have...
...Slow Burn. In Yorii, Japan, Mina Ogawa, 76, took belated revenge on her ex-fiance, Kinjyuro Oba, 83, who broke off their engagement 39 years ago, set fire to his house and destroyed...
Peronism. But military domination is not all that Argentine democracy must try to swallow. Peronism. the demagogic workers' movement started by Juan Peron, is almost as strong today as when the army booted the dictator four years ago. The Peronistas still burn candles to Peron's late wife, Eva, whom they call "St. Eva Immortal.'' They control 88 out of 138 trade unions and with their 2,000,000 votes can swing close elections (as they did in Frondizi's favor last year...
...Falcon's 109½ in.), lower (4 ft. 3 in. v. 4 ft. 6½ in.) narrower (66.9 in. v. 70 in.), less powerful (80 h.p. v. 90 h.p.). Compared with the standard Chevy, the Corvair is one-third lighter (2,375 Ibs. v. 3,760 Ibs.), will burn 25% to 40% less gas, sell for about $225 less than the cheapest Chevy when it goes into the showrooms Oct. 2. Factory list prices begin at $1,860 for the four-door model, drop to $1,810 for a two-door that will be introduced early next year. Among...
Michel de Montaigne, living in a France racked by sanguinary religious and civil war, wrote with a tolerance rare for his day: "It is setting a very high price on one's conjectures to burn a man alive for them." The skeptical Catholic would probably be delighted at the temper which prevails on the Harvard faculty today; for even the most convinced believers sharply divorce teaching from proselytizing, much less contemplating coercion by brand and faggot...