Word: core
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three-tenths of a second of ignition, the two solid-fuel boosters reached their full thrust in unison, lifting the whole package clear of its umbilical tower in four seconds. After 108 sec., with the Titan already 28 miles up, the reddish, rubberlike solid fuel burned out and the core rocket roared to life with 470,000 Ibs. of high-altitude thrust. This was the crucial moment, but the change from solids to liquids went off without a hitch. Then 12 minutes after ignition, the third-stage liquid-fuel rocket fired a 21,000-lb. dummy payload into orbit...
...novel, a core sampling from that vein of irrational hostility that separates servants from masters, haves from havenots, Britain's John Fowles explored the miasmal psychology of an impotent, whey-faced nonentity named Clegg. A municipal clerk whose warped dreams brutally but clearly mock the aspirations of the newly affluent New People of the English working class, Clegg collects butterflies in his off-hours until he wins $200,000 in the football pool and can suddenly indulge his wildest fancies. He buys a remote country house, converts its vaulted cellar into a more or less gilded cage, and kidnaps...
...liberties of a professor in two broad areas: his right within the academic community to pursue and promulgate truth without restrictions or censorship from the University Administration, and his right, in the public sphere, to enjoy the freedoms of association and expression which any citizen possesses. At the core of all issues of academic freedom is the question of tenure; it is the safeguard which allows a professor to to exercise his rights without fear of intimidation from either University or public officials...
...Stone, in his "Reply to the White Paper," tends to dismiss the discovery of a ship running arms on February 16, 1955 as being insignificant. This one ship had enough arms aboard her to re-equip approximately 15 per cent of the hard-core Vietcong force and enough ammunition for 20 full scale battalion actions lasting 24 hours each. One hesitates to think about the effect just ten such shiploads would have on the course of the Vietnam...
3/4-in. solid-core wood, but it has a panel at the bottom that slides flush with the floor upon closing, eliminating that critical acoustical gap found at the bottom of most bathroom doors. To ensure further privacy, most builders added extra insulation to bathroom walls wrapped pipes in rubber, and installed toilets that flush almost without a sound...