Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will accept nothing less than full victory. Good luck, and let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking." Ike kept in his pocket another communique he had written in case of disaster: "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold, and I have withdrawn the troops. If there is any blame or fault attached to the attempt, it is mine alone." As Eisenhower lay dying at Walter Reed, plans were nearly completed for the celebration on Normandy's beaches of the invasion's 25th anniversary...
China's efforts in Eastern Europe and those of Russia in Asia are part of a global Sino-Soviet competition that has gained new impetus and urgency because of the firefights on the Ussuri River border. Though the Soviets claim they have evacuated the disputed island in the Ussuri and have called for a negotiated settlement of the issue, the competition continues. The immediate aim of both sides is to recruit supporters for the world meeting of Communist parties, now scheduled for June 5 in Moscow. The long-range objective is to gain a strong foothold in the adversary...
Home Movie. Astronauts gain their photographic know-how during eight hours of intensive briefings and practice assignments with the cameras and film they are to use on their mission. Each is issued training cameras for more practice during off hours and asked to turn in exposed film so that experts can criticize their techniques. The Apollo 8 crew became skilled enough to make a home movie-complete with hand-lettered titles and credits that were held up in front of the camera-on their way to and from the moon. After thorough editing, NASA released only selected portions of that...
...movie begins as an anonymous stranger (Maximilian Schell) arrives at a village. He announces that he is the new land surveyor for the "Castle" perched on a nearby hill. Inexplicably, the suspicious villagers already know and fear him. The remainder of the story simply concerns his futile negotiations to gain an identity from the impenetrable villagers and a calling from the inaccessible castle...
Only compensatory programs whose directors had measured achievement through standardized tests were included in the AIR study. Burt an improvement in achievement scores was not sufficient to identify a successful program. The gain had to exceed that made by a control group over the same time period or to exceed national norms...