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Leader of the group was a German named Toni Hiebeler, 32. editor of an obscure Alpinist magazine in Munich called the Mountain Companion. Hiebeler was driven to conquer der Eiger by the Alpinist's special lust for revenge: his best friend had crashed to his death on the north wall...
Despite this truce, there are still new galaxies to conquer before the Aerospace Force becomes the big cheese. There is still an ill-defined line between military projects and work done by the civilian National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Some day soon, the President will have to set up a single, economical space agency. Airmen are betting that it will belong to them...
...essentially unschooled in the closeup rough-and-tumble of Communist diplomacy. For the new President of the U.S., Russia's attitude was a rude reminder that although the Kremlin's tactics might change, its strategy most emphatically does not. "Together, let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce," said Kennedy in his inaugural address. Word went out recently from the White House urging Moscow to avoid harsh incidents in the early weeks of the new U.S. regime, whose policy was not yet molded...
...large professional family that includes three types of manager, a lawyer, an advance man, two secretaries, two flacks and a valet (to try to keep those sleeves straight). Although awed by his income, what he really wants is to be an actor, and he vows he will yet conquer Broadway. "My insecurity goes on and on and on," he says. "If 5,000 people were laughing and one didn't like me, it would bother me. And I can't relax. If I knock off, I think the world is rolling...
...similarities of government. Does any serious, thoughtful person think that the Western democracies are going to be able to stand up to this Eastern quite-tight coalition for a long time by means of its incidental temporary loose agreements applied to rather hazily conceived and understood ends? "Divide and conquer." We are divided and they are united, and they believe that they can conquer us and brazenly state this belief...