Word: error
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foot and raced all the way to second. It seemed a wasted effort. Joe Collins flied out, and Hank Bauer walloped a long fly to left. Minnie Minoso had a bead on the ball, got both hands on it-and suddenly it was bouncing behind him for another unbelievable error. Mantle was home, and the Yankees were still alive...
...from the hopes and prayers of the rest of us. The difference is that MRAers use these mouthed precepts to live (very well indeed) on donations from the wealthy, who give in an ecstasy of "belonging"; endorsements from harried politicians; testimonials from dredged-up ex-Communists, who see the error of their ways when confronted with a path of righteousness strewn with first-class airline and hotel accommodations...
...frequency radio band (960-1215), they cannot be read on the same instruments. Both are short-range (200 miles) systems; both show true distance from the ground station within 500-600 ft. Nevertheless, the new details bring out differences. Tacan can provide compass direction with less than one degree error; Omni-DME is accurate within three degrees. Tacan, not bothered by superstructure interference or a ship's roll, is better fitted for Navy carriers...
...more argument." But Frankie talked her out of $65 for a public-address system with a rhinestone-studded case, and started hiring out as a single at lodge dances for $3 a night. He worked over his technique meticulously, tirelessly. "My theory was to learn by trial and error," says Sinatra. "Not sing in the shower, but really operate. Execute...
...have little cause for optimism. With the moon, earth and spaceship all moving at high speed in their respective orbits, there could be no arrow-straight courses. The spaceship would have to be directed and launched so that its orbit coincided exactly with the moon's passing; an error in initial speed of a thousandth of a mile per second (5 ft.) might mean missing the moon altogether. For the moon's gravitational pull to take effect, the spaceship must first exactly match the moon's 2,278-m.p.h. speed, then slow down for a hazardous, involuntary...