Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ties That Bind. Responded Queen Elizabeth: "In Virginia, I was reminded of the early beginnings of the U.S. and of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Here in Washington, so often a focus for the aspirations of the free world, our thoughts turn naturally to the future. The Jamestown Festival commemorates an age of discovery and exploration. There are many indications today that we are at the beginning of a new age of discovery and exploration in the world of human knowledge and technology. Only a short time ago these unexplored areas of human knowledge seemed as impenetrable as the forests...
...defend their homes even by installing pillboxes. From Manhattan, Commentator Eric Sevareid rounded up the issues, viewed them in light of the cold war and their implications for the U.S. Neither taking sides nor offering easy solutions where none exist, Algeria Aflame brought a tragic stalemate into sharp focus...
...Culture Focus...
...Harvard, in a culture quite different than that of the rest of America, culturally-induced values and ideas are examined, and rejected, modified, or reinforced. Harvard serves as a focus of cultural conflict and this contributes to its production of many of America's finest writers...
...dangling far below it. Suspended in a frame was a reflecting telescope of 12-in. aperture built by Perkin-Elmer Corp. of Norwalk, Conn. Its mirrors were made of quartz so that they would not be distorted by solar radiation, and it had an ingenious device to change the focus slightly during each sequence of 20 pictures. This would ensure that one of these pictures would be in good focus. Another device, assembled at the University of Colorado, had the duty of keeping the telescope pointing...