Word: depending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...system will depend on "over-the-horizon" radar, now being perfected, to spot missiles as they leave launch pads in China or Russia, 30 minutes' flight time from the U.S. Once the onrushing rockets are detected, two types of antimissiles will be deployed. One is the long-range Spartan, designed to intercept enemy missiles 400 miles above the earth; the other is the short-range Sprint, whose job is to cope with any missiles that escape Spartan's nuclear net at levels under...
...sociological statistics, from which he is able to sniff out the elusive mood of the voters and come up with the right answer. Though he is obviously not always right, he has been so consistently accurate that political bosses, Presidents, Congressmen and Washington observers have come to depend on his analyses. He was, for example, one of the minuscule band of political scientists who thought Harry Truman had a chance...
...have turned the auto into a virility symbol, and we can make the house into something equally pleasing." So says Industrial Designer William Theodore Snaith, 59, who gets paid for thinking up such things-in this case, $200,000 by 28 manufacturers whose fortunes depend heavily on housing. Snaith decided that one thing ailing the invalid housing industry is that today's houses are built to appeal to women (with emphasis on bathrooms and bedrooms) instead of men (who like foyers and dining rooms). He regards kitchens as neutral territory, half favored by men, half resented by women (because...
...recent surprises of the computer business has been the swift rise of middlemen who buy the machines from manufacturers and lease them to users. The middlemen operate with vast sums of other people's money, depend on federal antitrust pressure against dominant IBM for survival and on favorable income tax breaks for much of their profit. Yet a dozen companies, none more than 15 years old, have thrived so splendidly that computer-leasing stocks were among Wall Street's hottest glamor issues this spring...
...much will he depend on the students? The extent of a resident's demands is a crucial factor in determining his acceptance. Too little, and the project's reserves are wasted. Too much, and the students are drained...