Word: exert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Both systems must exert their influence while the missile is still in the atmosphere or the motor is still thrusting. In space, with the rocket cold, a ballistic missile is as independent as an asteroid. But another guidance problem remains. The missile ascends toward space nose up and cruises toward its target around the curve of the earth. Thus, in natural flight it will re-enter the atmosphere more or less broadside on. This is undesirable; so a "positioning device" must be provided to turn its nose toward its target. There are several possible ways of doing this, such...
...Goebel indicated two years ago that he would investigate General American's operations in his state, General American Director Connie C. Schuchard went to Kentucky and, charged the suit, "hired John A. Keck, a district judge of the state . . . and Wade Hall, an insurance man, to exert their political influence in order to prevent Commissioner Goebel from making said examination . . . For their fraudulent acts . . . Keck was to be paid $100 per month by General American and Keck and Hall were both given a ... territory in Kentucky . . . from which they were to obtain . . . a percentage of all the business written...
Since both hormones and aspirin have proved effective remedies for arthritis, super-aspirin backers claim that the two together exert a synergistic effect on patients, i.e., produce greater benefit than the sum of each used separately. But 1) the evidence for super-aspirin's synergistic effect is questionable; 2) aspirin can be taken safely by almost any patient, while hormones are suitable only for some patients. Cortisone, ACTH, prednisone and other hormones sometimes produce such undesirable side effects as peptic ulcers, edema, mental disturbances and high blood pressure...
...ready to defy diplomatic appeals and the pressure of world opinion. And the obvious intention of the Soviet Union to challenge the West for Arab support through economic and military aid has deprived the United States and its allies of most of the diplomatic leverage they could formerly exert on the Arab states...
...buying. Over and above that, many others question the wisdom of a worker putting all his savings in one basket by buying only his own company's stock, argue that he would be better off by diversifying his investments. Some companies fear that organized labor may try to exert too much influence on company policy if union members own large amounts of stock. Another big worry is that unions will take over a program, make it a part of their wage bargaining. In a recent case involving California's Richfield Oil Corp., the NLRB ruled that a company...