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...partially successful, since Washington was by no means reluctant; and he was instrumental in getting both countries to agree to elevate their legations to embassies. The State Department knew in January of Radványi's promotion from chargé d'affaires to ambassador, one of his fondest dreams; Washington had only to announce its own ambassadorial appointment to Budapest to make it official...
...head the Food and Drug Administration, Gardner named Dr. James L. Goddard, 43, the first physician to serve as commissioner in 45 years, and, if a good many shaken pharmaceutical executives have their fondest wish, perhaps the last. As Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs he named Philip Lee, who found a way to train 225,000 nurses a year instead of the previous 125,000 by pooling the resources of half a dozen separate agencies-without any extra cost...
Scientists were also astounded at the efficiency of Surveyor's solar panels, which seemed to be having no trouble keeping its batteries fully charged. "We never dreamed in our fondest dreams that we would have so much power," admitted Aerospace Engineer Leo Stoolman, a technical director at Hughes Aircraft, which built Surveyor. As a result, scientists who had at first speculated that Surveyor might operate for only 30 hours into the long lunar night began talking confidently about at least three times that much nighttime telemetry before batteries run down...
Never had there been a first quarter like it. In auditoriums and armories across the U.S., shareholders last week heard reports of corporate profits exceeding their fondest dreams. According to early surveys, earnings for the first three months of 1966 rose to an annual rate of above $80 billion before taxes, nearly 10% over last year's record-smashing rate; so far, corporations have paid out about $20.6 billion in dividends. Among last week's shareholder sessions: > A.T.&T. had previously reported a record-breaking earnings pace of $468,684,000 for the three months ending...
Daugherty even did sit-ups himself-and the results exceeded his fondest expectations. Tackle Don Bierowicz left school last June weighing 211 Ibs., came back weighing a hard 231 Ibs. Middle Linebacker Harold Lucas weighed 257 Ibs. in June, was up to 286 Ibs. when practice started. Defensive End Charles ("Bubba") Smith, a 241-pounder in 1964, reported back...