Word: final
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could answer. But gallery officials were sure that the robbers had carefully cased the joint, since not one alarm in an intricate security system had been sounded. Most plausible theory: the thieves sauntered into the gallery before closing, dodged from room to room while Pinkerton guards made their final rounds before closing...
Turn in Space. The Russians issued no explanation of how this was done. Easiest way is to turn the final-stage rocket in a desired direction by gyros or gas jets and then burn additional fuel to speed it up, slow it down or move it sideways. The necessary orders can be given by radio from the ground or by the rocket's own inertial guidance system. If the orders came from the ground, the problem was to get an accurate track of the rocket's course. The cloud of glowing sodium that the rocket released may have...
...Final score: Geneva 35, Coast Guard 0. Coach Graham tried to take the debacle in stride; come what may, he is planning to spend the next 20 years at the academy, and the academy is planning to have him. "I'm not worried," said Graham in the dressing room after the game. "Did I seem worried? I wasn't a bit nervous...
FORD STOCK SALE has been postponed by Ford Foundation, which planned to market 2,000,000 shares worth $160 million at current market prices. Final decision by foundation, which owns 34,132,239 shares, or 62.2% of all Ford stock, will not come until at least November...
...sophomore quarterback Mike Adams broke through for still one more score. Again came the big play--Repsher's 27-yard run around left end, outrunning three would-be tacklers--only to be nullified by an offside penalty. But, five plays later, Adams passed 18 yards to Repsher for the final score...