Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...below the Nevada desert last week, the AEC tested a one-megaton hydrogen device, the largest ever exploded in the U.S. Despite earlier protests from scientists, labor leaders and Howard Hughes, who had feared earthquakes, major property damage and vented radiation, the blast produced only a harmless ground shock and a rock-filled underground cavity similar to that created by the AEC's Project Gas-buggy (TIME...
Rocky Jarvis continued to breeze past all opposition at the number two spot. Jarvis used a cautions strategy to overcome his opponent's slicing ground-strokes...
...despite Sack's frequent protestations against being stereotyped, his individual theatres have taken on their own personalities. A grand tour of the Sack line would have to begin with the Beacon Hill. Hidden away by itself on the north end of Tremont Street, across from the burial ground of King's Chapel, lies the most risque' of the Sack Theatres. Perhaps because its marquee is removed from sight of the proper old ladies who chase pigeons off the Common, the Beacon Hill was the first to specialize in the now ubiquitous "recommended for mature audiences" film. Ever since Tom Jones...
...heated opposition from some of the astronauts themselves. The spacemen objected strongly to being seen on worldwide TV in the scraggly beards and rumpled underwear that would show when their helmets and space suits were off. More important, they bridled at the idea that TV would enable ground controllers literally to look over their shoulders during the mission, second-guessing their every move...
Jarvis has played brilliant tennis at number two singles and boasts a perfect record. Like Howell, he relies upon accurate ground strokes and an aggressive strategy. Endurance could prove decisive in this evenly-matched contest...