Word: developed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hughes asserted. "Rather, we must begin to talk about ending the Cold War." Outlining an immediate four-part program toward that goal, Hughes demanded the unequivocal renunciation of a first strike by the United States, a halt to nuclear testing, U.S. refusal to help other countries including allies to develop nuclear power, and the creation of "nuclear free zones" such as Africa and Central Europe...
Died. Vice Admiral James Harmon Thach Jr., U.S.N. (ret.), 61, chief of staff to NATO's Atlantic Fleet (1955-57), a dry-witted gunnery officer who was one of the first to develop rocket armament for the navy, brother of Vice Admiral John Smith ("Jimmy") Thach, 57, chief of the Pacific Fleet's Anti-Submarine Warfare Force; of cancer; in Old Lyme, Conn...
Even the Soviet resumption of testing, Hughes suggested, could be explained in light of this. With Russian secrecy, until recently an important part of Soviet strategy, threatened by spying U-2 planes and satellites the Soviets would have to develop bombs with so much "bounce to the ounce" that the possibility of even a fear of their bombs getting through an American strike would be enough to deter an attack from...
Diefenbaker's opposition disputed the claim of instant crisis. "In fact," said Pearson, "the present emergency began to develop early this year." Social Credit's Réal Caouette, the funny-money oiator who led his créditistes to a surprising 26 seats in French-Canadian Quebec, put it in blunter fashion. "Diefenbaker knew it months ago; for the campaign, he was hiding those things," he said. "He ought to resign." Diefenbaker indicated that he would not call Parliament into session until September, so that noisy debates would not worsen the crisis. Opposition leaders might grumble...
...Second Brandenburg has become-"Get Scherbaum." Czech-born Scherbaum, 52, studied at the Prague Academy of Music, graduated to the Brno Opera Orchestra, and while there started "experimenting with playing ordinary trumpet parts an octave higher than written-just as a hobby." The hobby, Scherbaum thinks, helped him develop the breath control and facial muscles necessary for the baroque trumpet. Hired by Furtwangler as solo trumpet for the Berlin Philharmonic. Scherbaum returned to Czechoslovakia after World War II in 1951 settled in Hamburg, where he quickly became the highest paid and most famous member of the North German Radio Orchestra...