Word: confirmation
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Washington -- The U.S. is in a race with Russia to develop high-speed underwater projectiles. Russian researchers are said to have accelerated such projectiles at 4,270 ft. per sec.; now militia sources confirm that the U.S. NAVY has a program to fire underwater projectiles at 4,760 ft. per sec. -- near the speed of sound. If they actually work, these 007-like weapons would greatly affect the strategy for any future below-the-sea conflict...
...problem for the Rev. Benjamin Chavis of the N.A.A.C.P. and Abraham Foxman of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, who met last week to discuss what to do about him in a meeting so sensitive they would not even confirm he was the topic under discussion. On Saturday, the N.A.A.C.P. said it would convene a national summit of black leaders and would pointedly include Farrakhan as a gesture of support, despite expected Jewish condemnation. "We have every right to convene African-American leadership," said Chavis. "There's a deep hunger in our community...
University fundraisers are rumored to be trying to amass 50 percent of the total goal by the time the campaign kicks off with a gala celebration on May 13 in Harvard Stadium. Green would neither confirm nor deny that there was a 50 percent target, but the provost said the campaign will start "slightly ahead of target...
...confirm that the drug was indeed effective, Drazen and Israel tested over 100 patients who suffered from asthma over a four-week period...
This film did much to confirm Fellini's reputation when it was released. Even after two of his film received Oscars for Best Foreign Film in the 1950s, Fellini still had a difficult time finding producers for his work. After the enormous success of "La dolce vita", the winner of the Golden Palm of Cannes in 1960, Fellini received his own film company as a bonus from Angelo Rizzoli, who financed "La dolce vita...