Word: expectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...emphasized that Eisenhower's disability is mild and transitory, and stated that it had nothing to do with his past heart attacks or any other illnesses. Vice President Nixon expressed confidence that the president "is fully capable of making" any major decision, although he stated that he didn't expect any major decisions to come up within "the next few days." He made his statement after speaking with Attorney General William P. Rogers, following the latter's conference with White House physicians...
Mantle had it right when he commented after hearing of the award, "I thought Ted would make it easily. I didn't expect it at all." Roy Sievers, who finished a close third in the balloting, laid it on the line even harder, "Ted should have won it. He certainly deserved the award...
Hertz has indeed moved fast since 1953, when it was sold by General Motors to the old Omnibus Corp., which operated bus lines in New York City and Chicago. In four years, Hertz's operating revenues have risen from $28.7 million to 1957's expected $78 million, which will bring $6,000,000 in after-tax profits. Now that the 107-year-old company has the highly useful services of the 405 American Express offices, it can really step on the gas overseas. Says Hertz's Greenebaum: "Our goal is an annual volume of $15 million overseas...
...report that the period of the rocket around the earth was decreasing came from Jordell Bank, a radio telescope observatory in Cheshire, England. A cable sent to Hynek stated: "Rocket period decreasing rapidly. Expect entry (into the earth's atmosphere) within 24 hours...
Simultaneously, the Defense Department announced plans to build a 65-million-dollar missile site near Cheyenne, Wyo, apparently to launch 5000-mile American intercontinental ballistic missiles when such devices are ready. Dr. John Hagen, director of Project Vanguard, also told reporters that his scientists expect to put a sin-inch test satellite into orbit next month, and to follow it with a fully instrumented, 20-inch sphere in March. Preliminary tests have been successful, Hagen said. "All we have to do now is to set it up and light the fuse," he stated...