Word: donning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Governor's resolution fell short of Rockefeller's original aim in one critical area. Not one Governor got behind Rocky's compulsory shelter idea, the strongest section in his resolution. Said Indiana Republican Harold Handley: "All we have to do is to prevent war, and then...
The fire engines had been headed for a minor flare-up in some trash barrels a few feet from where Rutherford "had parked his death-laden truck. Assistant Fire Chief Roy McFarlane thought he had things under control, sent one fireman to the hospital with burned hands. City Patrolman Don...
The farmers are uneasy about the surplus mess, but they are so wary of drastic measures to cope with it that most farmers "prefer to drift along with things as they are," bad as they are. "I don't like farming for the Government," admitted a troubled Minnesota wheat...
The mouse, in this case, is the ionosphere. Says Thaler: "We just don't know enough about the propagation of radio waves through the ionosphere. It is not well understood.'' Other scientists chipped in with equally cautious remarks. "It is not the greatest thing since beer," said...
Thaler considers the ONR an ideal place for an idea man. "There are so many things going on there," he explains, "and you can find out about them just by walking down the corridor. It stimulates your thinking along oddball lines and keeps you from getting in a rut." The...