Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...budget makes only token cuts in force levels, proposes to halt no major projects except nuclear power for aircraft carriers. The rising cost of arms is met mainly by the timeworn device of "stretching out" procurement and development schedules on hardware. The stretch-out looks fine on paper; it keeps programs alive at a reduced spending rate, preserves the same high-sounding force goals for the future-but only pushes the future farther into the future. Actually, in the day of inexorable change the stretchout wastes more money than any other budget practice. It postpones operational dates on entire weapons...
...million Australians a standard of living (per capita income: $1,232) that ranks with that of the top nations outside the U.S., and is higher than Great Britain's. Australians eat more meat (nearly 300 Ibs. annually), consume more fruit, cereals and sugar than either Americans or Britons. Except for the U.S. and Canada, they own more motor vehicles (244 for every 1,000 people), enjoy more TV sets (70 for every 1,000) and telephones (200 per 1,000) than almost any other nation. All this Australia gets from a burgeoning industry and agriculture that are racing ahead...
Without any protective equipment except heavy shoes and shin-guards, the players are seen as individuals. A really big man, like varsity captain Lanny Keyes, looks big. A colorful player like inside John Mudd can be distinguished by the bandana he wears around his fore-head and his unruly mop of hair. If someone is playing with an injury, as, for instance, right half Charlie Steele was during the last two contests of the season, the signs of his ailment are in plain sight. And when two speeding performers collide, the impact, undampened by any protective material, is felt...
Unscored upon except for an initial loss and the playoff game, both against Dunster, Eliot took second place, aided by the strong defensive play of tackles Bob Schreiber and captain Joel Linky...
...goes back to the convent, and at this point it becomes painfully apparent that the moviemakers intend, even at the risk of sacrilege, to have their unleavened bread and eat it too. But after more than two hours of claptrap, audiences will probably be too tired to care, except about just one thing: Will Miracle never cease...