Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most radars can cope with this fairly simple trick, so well-furnished bombers will probably carry decoys to mislead sophisticated radars. When the bombers have been illuminated and are likely to be attacked, they will launch small, fast missiles with transmitters that have been tuned to copy the reflected signals of the enemy's radar or with radar-reflecting devices that make them look bigger than they are. Such a decoy is hard to distinguish from a real bomber, and an attacking interceptor or missile is apt to "lock onto" it and let the bomber escape. Nature thought...
...established in 57 countries, the world's Bahais were to elect a Universal House of Justice with power to make the faith's laws and interpret its teachings. The liberal, world-brotherhood Bahai religion is already rooted in 26 countries and, say its devotees, is spreading fast...
...five years of delivery plus interest to London bankers who financed the deal. As of 1956, Capital managed to pay $12.4 million of the debt, and badly strained itself in the process. Though revenues soared from $48 million in 1954 to $63.7 million last year, costs went up so fast that net income tumbled from $1.7 million in 1954 to a net deficit of $1,257,000 last year, another $1,248,861 deficit for the first nine months...
...next month with a unique drive-under restaurant that spans the highway, allows motorists to enter from either side. Built for $1,400,000 near Vinita by Continental Oil Co., which has filling stations at both sides, the structure is many windowed so that customers can gaze at the fast driving below while dining above...
...Simon Ramo, 44, executive vice president and secretary of Ramo-Wooldridge Corp., fast-growing Los Angeles electronics firm, gave up his post to become president of a new Ramo-Wooldridge division, the Space Technology Laboratories. The new Space division replaces Ramo-Wooldridge's Guided Missile Research Division, which is technical manager to the Air Force's ballistic-missile program, is designed to call attention to Ramo-Wooldridge's other divisions and functions by broadening its role to include non-Air Force work...