Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...completely automated hog, whose comfort is so catered to that he never moves a muscle except to belch, the reason why lean meat has all but vanished from bacon...
...Chance in 200. What Gralla and his crew had come to shoot were three 57-ft. X-17A solid-propellant rockets, each tipped with a 1.5 kiloton atomic warhead (equivalent in blast to 1,500 tons of TNT). Since he had no target to hit except the wide sky, Gralla's job might have seemed simple, but in fact it was fantastically difficult. To enable the rockets to travel 300 miles up, he had to get them fired in an almost perfectly vertical course, a delicate task in rough seas. The rockets had to go off at precisely...
...gathering were delegations from every Communist nation except Yugoslavia. Their presence was a solid sign that Gomulka is a member in good standing of the world Communist club, despite his highly unorthodox approach to Communism in Poland...
...gracious living. Some would say that the lamentable condition in the house dining halls is a necessary sacrifice for the furthering of the house drama. A dining hall, however, is basically a place in which to eat. House drama groups should not be allowed to disrupt dining hall life except immediately before and during their performances. Better planning would lighten the load on the already severely taxed "gracious liver". William H. Nickerson...
...Bank. The Navy is mum about Skipjack's performance on her first trial, but her submerged speed beat the top speed of the Albacore (30 knots), and may be in the range of 40 knots (46 m.p.h.). Few if any surface ships can travel so fast except over a glassy-smooth sea. A fast surface ship expends most of her energy in raising waves in the interface between sea and air. But the Skipjack has no such problems...