Word: calendars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...white-haired David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the new state of Israel in Tel Aviv, but when by the ancient spin of the old Judaic calendar the tenth anniversay of that day rolled round last week, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, still his people's straight-backed lawgiver at 71, determined that it should be celebrated in Jerusalem. And with soldiers and trumpets and dancing...
...million sales of its chief competitor. General Tire & Rubber Co.'s Aerojet-General Corp.). Though Thiokol's first-quarter sales are off a bit because some of its military contracts ran out and one plant was damaged by fire, Thiokol expects a 50% gain for all of calendar 1958. Reason: solid fuels are far simpler and safer to handle than liquid fuels that require a maze of tanks, valves and pumps, and they show the greatest promise for powering missiles until the atom-powered engine comes along...
DEFENSE CONTRACTS written during calendar 1958 will spurt to $23.2 billion v. estimated $17.5 billion worth in 1957, says Defense Department...
...century later is the 16th century calendar from a Book of Hours made in Bruges, and included this week by Manhattan's Morgan Library in its display of choice manuscripts. Made to be used year after year, the Bruges calendar has the days of the week numbered alphabetically, with set Feast Days, such as the Annunciation to Mary in March, indicated at right. The "Golden Numbers" at left form a table of the lunar cycles from which Easter and the movable Feast Days can be determined for any given year. Below are delightful vignettes of contemporary 16th century life...
...calendar of the triumphs, defeats and contortions of the human spirit during...