Word: failed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pitch would be his familiarity with the problems of New Jersey's cities. "The ills of our cities are the greatest internal problem America has today," says he. "The cities need a greater voice than they have now. The city has to be saved. If we fail, God doesn't know what will happen...
...conducting research into a host of other safety innovations. Among them are such devices as an explosive charge to blow fuel tanks clear of a crashed plane; resilient, supertough nylon fuel tanks that would not burst on impact; a jelly-consistency fuel that would smolder instead of explode; and fail-safe instrument systems that would permit entrusting difficult landings to the automatic pilot. In zero-zero visibility, jet pilots crack, their only problem after landing may then be to find their way to the terminal...
...other things impress one about the Cape too. To look at the acres of palmetto, the hundred million-dollar buildings, the miraculous machines, and to breathe the words "twenty billion dollars" can't fail to make one wonder. This money is now committed. Beyond it lie the prospects of travel to the planets and the stars, and costs mounting with the same speed as those rockets. And perhaps a few thoughts about priorities. Someone may finally have to answer the question: Why does Rice play Texas
...Whether they will also tend to choke off investments that produce a golden stream of returning profits is another question. Voicing that fear last week, General Electric President Fred J. Borch expressed alarm at the global trend toward "resurgent nationalism" in economic affairs. "Businessmen all over the world cannot fail to be greatly concerned," he said, "about today's mushrooming restrictions on international trade and investment. Once set in motion, they will be difficult to turn back, leading to an escalation of protectionism...
...Lord High Executioner, and each time they have dipped their knees and twirled their fans at the exact same point in the score. But Skolnik has changed all that. His blocking and his gags are brand new,--only an audience that has never seen a G&S should fail to enjoy this...