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Word: engineeer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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At least some of the North Vietnamese troops that abandoned the siege of Khe Sanh are believed to have filtered down into A Shau, where they have increased the threat to Hue's security. Though the valley has been repeatedly bombed, the U.S. last week turned loose on A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Shrinking Sanctuary | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

So much that is composed today seems to be done with electronics, or kitchen utensils. The score looks like an engineering design, and you feel that, instead of a musician, you are an atomic engineer. Yet I hesitate to reject it. Beethoven and Mozart never heard the sounds of today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cellists: Verbal Virtuoso | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

Russian Planets? The U.S. moon program has been delayed for more than a year by the Apollo launching-pad fire. But despite the holocaust, and the flawed performance of the Saturn 5 moon rocket three weeks ago, it is still ahead of the Soviet Union's. Engineers now blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Exploration: Racing for the Moon | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

"A Poor Thing." Nordhoff accomplished his miracle at Volkswagen mainly by his love and knowledge of his business and an endless capacity for work. On a seven-day week, with only a few hours off for sleep, he started with 7,000 workers, and, after weeks spent clearing the rubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manufacturing: Builder of the Bug | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

Nordhoff had his designers revamp the old model, ordered some of the original Porsche designs redrawn ten times. He boosted horsepower in the rear-mounted, air-cooled engine, installed hydraulic brakes and shock absorbers.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manufacturing: Builder of the Bug | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

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