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Word: got (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...got "broken through" in this "breakthrough," I look forward to the day when a candidate's color will have no bearing whatsoever on his electability to office. That will be the real breakthrough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 30, 1969 | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...pivoted their craft around and moved back to dock with Snoopy, still nestled in the rocket's nose. As the gap between the two craft narrowed, the newly developed 12-lb. color television camera focused on Snoopy during a live transmission 4,120 miles from earth. "This has got to be the greatest sight ever," said a capsule communicator in Houston. Turning toward the receding earth, the TV camera captured a breathtaking view of a blue, white and brown globe, trailing wispy clouds and suspended in a black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NINE MILES FROM THE GOAL | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Early in the flight, however, a few minor problems developed. Expecting to take his first drink of water, Stafford instead got a mouthful of highly chlorinated water; because of ierroneous instructions from the ground the crew had failed to open a valve to the water tank, leaving only the evil tasting liquid in the drinking tube. As on on previous Apollo missions, there were troublesome hydrogen bubbles in the drinking water, which is produced by the fuel cells in the same oxygen-hydrogen reaction that supplies the spacecraft's electricity. The astronauts were forced to take Lomotil, a medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NINE MILES FROM THE GOAL | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...Force "human reliability test" with good marks in February, Meyer was sent to England for temporary duty. He left his wife and three children behind in the rural town of Poquoson, Va. One night last week, Meyer went into Freckenham, a Suffolk town near the Mildenhall air base, got drunk at a party attended by other servicemen and found himself arrested by a constable. He was taken back to the base and put to bed. Although Meyer was under orders not to leave his barracks, about 5 a.m. he got up and sneaked out of his billet. He showed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: The Flight of Sergeant Meyer | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...total of 92 per cent of the freshmen got into one of their first four House choices this year, up from last year's 87 per cent. The 8 per cent who were left over this year were "arbitrarily assigned," Watson said...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Two-Thirds of Yardlings Get First Choice Houses | 5/28/1969 | See Source »

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