Word: fours
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there were no skid marks to indicate that Kennedy had braked the car or had even been aware that he was in danger. It is known, however, that some members of Kennedy's entourage refuse to ride with him because he is such a daredevil driver, and Kennedy incurred four traffic convictions in the '50s, two for speeding and two for reckless driving...
...actions by placing the blame either on physical or emotional trauma brought on by the accident or anything else. I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the police immediately." Instead, he walked back to the cottage, and along his route he passed four houses, at least one of which had lights showing...
McCarthy ordered his staff to deny that he was seeking a divorce, but he did not repudiate Pearson's report that the Senator's marriage was "on the rocks." The McCarthys have been married 24 years, have four children, and are practicing Roman Catholics. (At one time he was a Benedictine novice, and he still has a carved visage of St. Benedict in his Senate office...
...ascent engine had been test-fired more than 3,000 times, but this was no test. Houston radioed: "You're cleared for takeoff." Replied Aldrin: "Roger, understand. We're No. 1 on the runway." Seconds later, tension dissolved; Eagle was airborne, headed into a lunar orbit. Within four hours, the module had rendezvoused and docked with Columbia on the far side of the moon. Then Armstrong and Aldrin left the LM so quickly that ground controllers, caught by surprise, sounded a bit put out. "You beat us to the punch," groused Mission Control...
...week's end, the first box was opened by a technician working with surgical care as his gloved hands reached into a sealed vacuum chamber, where the lunar package had been placed. While four NASA geologists looked on, he slowly drew off any gases that might have been given off by the rocks, opened the box, then removed a piece of foil that had been used to trap solar particles and two lunar core samples. Finally, he opened the plastic bag containing the rocks themselves. The scientific observers said that the 15 or so rocks -the largest...