Word: equal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past Ascension island, to a point near St. Helena, where the exiled and imprisoned Napoleon died, until, only 1,200 miles from the African coast and only 30 minutes after launching, its nose cone shot down into the South Atlantic. The distance: a fully programed 6,300 statute miles, equal to the span between Denver and Peking, or between an Alaskan launching site and any major target in the Northern Hemisphere. Thus, after only 17 months of flight-testing, Atlas in one epochal shot was well on its way to being the No. 1 weapon...
South Africa's policy, DuPlessis maintained, is shaped by the belief that "the fact that all men are equal does not mean that all men are the same." Furthermore, two things must be regarded in formulating any plan: the conditions of life, which in South Africa are different from anywhere else, and the needs engendered by these facts, he said...
Miss Wilson stated that she expects the final figures will show the total to equal last year's contributions of $2,000. There was no goal set for the drive, which started on Monday and ended last night, but the organizers are pleased with the amount collected by the Fund, she stated...
...League administrators are happy. With uniform admission standards, they turn up with teams of roughly equal strength that beat each other with unpredictable irregularity, making up in excitement what they may lack in consistent skill. They even produce a few topflight football players. The likes of Harvard's Tackle Bob ("Shag") Shaunessy, Brown...
Quarterback Frank Finney, Dartmouth's Halfback John Crouthamel and Yale's Center Mike Pyle could make almost any varsity in the U.S. But football players must compete for available financial aid on a strictly equal basis with all other students. Many of the best players get no help at all. Dartmouth's Coach Bob Blackman. reared in the high-pressure big time (University of Southern California), reports with a lingering trace of disbelief that in his four seasons at Dartmouth "none of our first-string quarterbacks have required or received scholarship help." In the Ivy League, explains...