Word: distantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mile range in its surface-to-surface missiles (on the theory that they could be launched 100 miles behind the lines and travel 100 miles beyond). Gone, therefore, was the dream of longer-range Army-built missiles that could (as the Army Information Digest recently said) attack "distant troop concentrations, marshaling areas and communication centers" and destroy "enemy missile sites, atomic stockpiles and airfields." The Army was assigned responsibility for point, i.e., local defense and the franchise on such radar-directed, land-to-air missiles as Nike, with a range of not more than 100 miles...
...businessman can no longer afford the classic conservative's wait-and-see attitude, or his desire to build a fence around his markets and corporate position. Industry today must keep spending and keep growing. The U.S. is pouring $5 billion a year into research whose outcome, years distant, can seldom be gauged in terms of dollar returns. More than ever, the businessman must rely on scientists and economists and be ready to gamble on their projections. Says Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Vice President Leland Hazard: "Too many people and facilities are at stake for management to be timid, cautious...
...Instead of playing a small local school, such as Tufts or UMass, the varsity will play Ohio University, a small, distant school. The Crimson thus may be saved the ignominy of defeat at the hands of fired-up locals...
...immediate use of television might be to give distant students within the original lecture hall itself a better view of illustrative materials...
...service is available throughout the year for local or distant trips. Last year we placed over 300 students on 200 trips...