Word: governed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tethered by Nylon. Mastering orbital mechanics, the physical laws that govern the motion of an orbiting satellite, will be even more difficult. When an astronaut is behind his Gemini capsule he cannot simply increase his speed to catch up with it. Increased speed will put him into a higher orbit, which will make him fall farther behind. To overtake his Gemini capsule, he will have to fire his downward and forward thrusters alternately until he edges close to his target...
David Ben-Gurion, 79, has been of two minds about Levi Eshkol, 70. First, he named him heir to Israel and the Mapai Party. Then, two years later, he proclaimed Eshkol "unfit to govern," and announced that he would challenge him at the polls. Last week, in Israel's national elections, Ben-Gurion turned out to be right the first time-when he let Eshkol become Premier...
...Commons and solidifies his position within the party. To impose the unpopular restraints which will be necessary for Britain's economic reform, Wilson will need more than a mere three vote margin. He cannot rely on the extraordinary combination of good luck and enthusiasm that enabled Labour to govern in 1965. His backbenchers are tired of the midnight votes and the continual fear of surprise defeat...
...Gaulle alone can govern France today," Marcell Francon, associate professor of French Literature, said yesterday...
With that, Castello Branco laid down a new Institutional Act far tougher than the one imposed to govern the country immediately after the revolution. It gives him power to suspend the political rights of any Brazilian, sack any municipal or federal legislator, intervene in any state "to prevent or repress the subversion of order." He can declare a state of siege for up to 180 days, shut down the national Congress, and decree any laws "complementary to the present act." Moreover, the armed forces, through the National Security Council, can dismiss any public employees who are deemed "incompatible with...