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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Apollo disaster in January plunged the U.S. space program into an agonizing interregnum of introspection and doubt. Last week the nation's space leaders made it plain that the time has come to focus once more on the moon. America's hopes of a lunar landing by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Back to the Job | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

On the plane to Rio, he reflected: "I know everyone will say all this is to get publicity in the U.S. But putting aside any question of whether I will run in 1968, I do intend to take a big part in the foreign policy debate. The U.S. economy is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Around the World, A Block Away | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

Upset Equation. Disaster-through drought, hurricane, fire or flood-is nothing new to the Everglades, and may even be part of nature's balancing equation. In recent years, however, man has upset that equation, raising the question whether drought may not be the permanent future of the Everglades. Vast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida: A Stillness in the Glades | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

If Monaco was a dice with disaster, the Bahamas 500 ocean powerboat race last week turned into what one contestant aptly termed "a demolition derby." The general idea of ocean powerboat racing is to take a boat out into the deep, open her up to 50-60 m.p.h., and pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ocean Racing: Demolition Derby | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

To top off that disaster, the winner turned out to be an obscure 30-to-1 shot named Proud Clarion, who had not managed to win a single race during his first season on the track, who had never won a major stakes race, and whose lifetime earnings totalled a...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: Barbs Delight to Take Muddled Preakness | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

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