Word: duds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Explorer IV raised the Army's satellite batting average to .750; only Explorer II was a dud. The launching vehicle was the old reliable Jupiter-C-a Redstone rocket as the first stage, topped with assemblies of small solid-propellant rockets. The propellant in the third and fourth stages had more punch, permitting the weight of the final satellite to be raised to 38.43 lbs., a gain...
...DUD AVOCADO (255 pp.)-Elaine Dundy-Dutton...
...Manzanillo, planning to lure Batista's armor out from the big city garrison, pile it up by triggering a homemade mine in the road, and then pick off the soldiers with rifle fire. The armor did not come out, but truckloads of soldiers did. The mine was a dud. Coordinated ground fire and strafing planes caught the rebels in an open field, and at least half of the 21-man force was wiped out. The government reported that twelve more rebels were killed when they stormed the courthouse and post office in Embarcadero de Cauto...
Cloak for Timidity. The London Times insisted that the South Carolina dud merely proved that the dangers of radiation from such an accident were "practically negligible." In Parliament, 100 Conservative M.P.s submitted a motion rejecting "any proposal to renounce unilaterally the use of nuclear arms while sheltering behind the protection of the American deterrent." Snapped Prime Minister Macmillan: "I can admire those who advocate a pacifist approach to these problems. But I do not respect timidity under the cloak of spiritual feelings...
...shot may be heard around the world but there are times when a dud is even louder...