Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...business leaders. Said Nixon: "The major threat from Russia does not lie in overt aggression, but from aggression in the economic, political and psychological fields . . . The concern I have tonight is that while we are, as we should be, putting emphasis on military strength, we might fail to develop what we need to do to avoid losses in other fields . . . There are many differences among the uncommitted countries of the world, but they all want economic progress, and they want it quickly...
...range of 5,000 miles. A really hot Air Force prospect is Rascal, an air-to-ground missile for firing from B-47s that can hit a target at supersonic speed and 100-mile range. One of Tommy White's biggest decisions to come: whether to develop another round of bombers to replace the B-58, or to wait for operational ballistic missiles...
...meteorology, geodesy, radio communications. The Air Force must know how radar waves act in space, how nuclear warheads will explode in space to prepare for future battles in space, i.e., to knock down the enemy's missiles. Also, the Air Force is working beyond ballistic missiles to develop glide missiles-weapons that follow a ballistic trajectory through space, break back into the atmosphere under control, dodge antimissile missiles and put an H-bomb on the target. Then, perhaps, there will be the fantastic reality of manned missiles...
...Collins found another opportunity to ladle out the easy-does-it philosophy that carried him to the chairmanship of the Southern Governors' Conference and a national reputation as one of the South's staunchest moderates. Collins urged convention-gathered members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association to "develop and defend a public atmosphere free of racial fears and bigotry." Declared he earnestly: the South must stop fighting the Supreme Court, discard the idea of massive resistance, "seize the opportunity to clear the emotional atmosphere and undertake our rightful responsibilities...
Great rustle of notes being taken around and behind me. Trying to think of something to say, I also realize it is easier to be witty with an interpreter, gives time to develop material...