Word: featly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feat had taken a lot of trying. Two earlier space probes were failures and two were qualified successes, reaching 71,000-and 63,000-mile altitudes before falling back to earth. Last week's shoot, bossed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, worked almost exactly as planned. The launching vehicle was a Chrysler-built Army Jupiter beefed up with extra fuel for extra range. Mounted on its massive shoulders were 15 small, solid-fuel rockets arranged to fire in three stages (see diagram). Perched on the nose of the final rocket was the gilded cone itself, Pioneer...
This is not to say that their feat is any the less imposing; now, as in 1955, Advanced Placement Sophomores must hace satisfactory completed at least three college-level courses during their senior year in secondary school. Usually, passing performances on the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations, given in 11 fields, will ensure accreditation. In four areas--Chemistry, Physics, French, and Spanish--either an honors grade or a further examination tendered by the College is needed for Advanced Placement...
...years heading the varsity. Since 1929, Ulen's teams have won 226 meets, losing 44. Of these setbacks, 23 have been to Yale. His best years were with the 1936-37 squad, which snapped Yale's 175 meet winning streak, and the 1937-38 team, which repeated the feat of the previous season by defeating the Bulldogs to hold a 24-meet winning string for the Crimson...
...second Army shoot at the moon and beyond, a feat the Soviets claim they accomplished with their 1 1/2 ton Mechta dream probe...
...their usual fashion-miserably. As center on the first line, young (20) Bobby Hull proved too fast for Lindsay and Litzenberger and wore them out. Coach Rudy Pilous decided something had to be done. He put Sloan at center, and the Black Hawks promptly performed the prodigious feat of walloping the league-leading Montreal Canadiens on their home ice. They have lost only 17 of 47 games since...