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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weapons: missiles of all shapes and sizes for the Army, Navy and Air Force.* The jewel of his collection was on a red velvet coverlet near his desk as he spoke. It was the 4-ft. nose cone to an Army Jupiter missile. Said the President: "One difficult obstacle on the way to producing a useful long-range weapon is that of bringing a missile back from outer space without its burning up like a meteor . . . This object here in my office is the nose cone of an experimental missile. It has been hundreds of miles into outer space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Rough & the Smooth | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...difficult to know exactly what to say about a subject as overwhelmingly savage as the brutality exhibited by certain members of the Princeton football team on Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Stern Demand | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

...called "attackers," and that they are "prominent members of the Princeton football team." But the police authorities add that the boy was still in a state of shock when he made the identification, and that the incident took place on a darkened street where positive recognition would be difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bulldog Justice | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

...Brunis have other talents, too. In halfback John McTigue and reserve scatback, George Gorgodian, they will display speed of foot that the Crimson will find difficult to match...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Varsity Meets Brown Today | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

This would, admittedly, be difficult for the large departments, and, as one Faculty member expressed it, "maybe we're living in a dream world--but Harvard will keep trying...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Faculty Considers Suggestions For Tutorial Program Reforms | 11/15/1957 | See Source »

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