Word: collars
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...face was noticeably thinner, and his shirt collar sagged loosely around his neck. But no one had any trouble last week recognizing Nikita Khrushchev during his first public outing in a year. "How are you feeling?" someone asked. "I have been ill," he said, "but every one gets ill sometimes." As the crowd pressed in, a security guard angrily cleared a path, crying "Why don't you let the old man vote in peace?" At another Moscow polling station, former Deputy Premier Vyacheslav M. Molotov, whom Khrushchev ousted in 1957, greeted that aged hero of the 1918-21 civil...
...planned docking of Gemini and ATDA, Stafford quickly suggested a solution: to nudge the obstructing shroud out of the way by flying up and hitting it gently with Gemini's docking bar. Safety-conscious controllers in Houston vetoed the scheme, instead electronically commanded ATDA's movable docking collar to extend and contract, in a vain try to shake the shroud loose. Another idea was to allow Astronaut Cernan to pry or cut the shroud loose during his scheduled space walk; this was also rejected for fear that the sharp edges might puncture his space suit. Houston reluctantly called...
...ATDA's telemetry had suggested earlier, the two halves of the protective plastic shroud designed to shield the satellite's docking collar during its trip through the earth's atmosphere had failed to separate and spring away. Rolling through space, the target presented an astonishing sight. The two shroud "clamshells" were still attached by wires but had swung open at a 30° angle like a giant jaw. "We've got a weird-looking machine here," Stafford reported. "It looks like an angry alligator out here rotating around...
Unworried Neighbors. Why had Jenny not sought help for her sister? Only 15 herself, and crippled from polio, she explained that she was "scared," that Mrs. Baniszewski "kept beating me." What about the neighbors? Incredibly enough, few if any of the adults in the blue-collar district knew or cared what was going...
...democracy, dress and grooming are dictated by good taste and pride in one's appearance" and that "a child's behavior is most often a reflection of the way he dresses." To Superintendent LeVan P. Smith, democratic hair must not touch the eyes, ears or shirt collar. He suspended Senior Alan T. Miller, 18, whose hair infringes upon his shirt but whose behavior somehow had not been adversely affected. Alan drew straight A's his entire junior year, missed only one day of school in three years, was never a disciplinary problem, and won Unionville High...