Word: fittings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...driven 500 miles to Tunis from the Libyan capital of Tripoli, where the Algerian National Revolutionary Council had been in session, to tell waiting newsmen of the cease-fire agreement with France. By an overwhelming vote, the council empowered Premier Benyoussef Benkhedda to conclude the agreement as he saw fit, without the need of obtaining further council approval...
...gave the company new ground rules within which to work. Disposal of the 63 million G.M. shares that Du Pont owns outright must begin no later than Aug. 1; the shares may be distributed to Du Pont stockholders or disposed of in any other way the company sees fit. Thereafter, Christiana Securities must unload the 535,500 G.M. shares that it now holds, plus the 18.5 million shares that it stands to receive if Du Pont should decide simply to divvy up its G.M. holdings amongst its shareholders...
...flashback that follows immediately. In this sequence, X and A continue their discussion of the statue, which X had been retelling just a moment before. They try to name the man and woman of the statue, to place them in a mythical context, but too many possible pairs will fit. Does the woman try to hold the man back, or is she pressing him forward? X and A cannot resolve the ambiguity. Then M approaches to reveal that they are looking at Charles III and his wife taking the marriage vow; their dress is merely a convention. M talks...
William K. Douglas, 39, flight surgeon, declared Glenn physically fit for the flight after making a final examination, rode up with him in the gantry elevator to see that he was properly placed in the capsule and that all the electronic monitors attached to his body were working, then carefully monitored and fed Glenn's in-flight physical reactions to Chris Kraft. Douglas was certified in aviation medicine in 1956; he took his premed study at the University of New Mexico, his M.D. at the University of Texas, and postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins University. He could write...
...said the old war horse, and went home to the Virginia village of Saluda. where he now lives as peacefully as any other veteran. Author Davis makes an attempt to prove that Puller was railroaded out of the service by Marine ex-Commandant Lemuel Shepherd because he did not fit in with the new corps. The accusation, completely unproved, seems to stem more from hero worship of Puller than from a case against Shepherd. In fact, Davis' entire book is one unabashed gush of hero worship. But there is plenty of hero to worship. Said one Pacific veteran...