Word: hams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard-boiled a disciplinarian as exists in the high command of the U.S. armed forces. But he is renowned for backing his men when they make understandable mistakes-so long as the same mistake is never made twice. Off duty, he carries long-range, single-side-band ham radio gear on trips, collects guns, drives a Mercedes 3005L and hunts big game...
...joined in on the quite harmless and known "Midnight Special," and the was even better for the "Ham- Song," which encourages love "my brothers and my sisters." "Wasn't That a Time," Seeger drove his message home...
...Their crews had trained for a year for this moment; they were experts at hovering over a Mercury capsule, snagging it with a giant, steel shepherd's crook and getting its astronaut on board quickly. One of the skilled crook handlers, Lieut. George Cox, had fished the Astrochimp Ham out of the drink last...
...final countdown, despite persistent rumors that Marine Lieut. Colonel John Glenn was the front runner, Shepard's peers had already picked him as their personal choice. His utter devotion to the experiment earned him the flight. Said he with a grin: "Maybe I'm a link between Ham the Space Chimp and man." Whatever the reasons, it was Shepard who was chosen by National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials for the first, historic hop. Slayton and Cooper busied themselves with communications; Schirra and Carpenter flew jet chase planes over the range; Slayton and Grissom were on hand...
...suspects that intransigeance is the least of his problems. So also with Teucer (James Rooney) and the Messenger (John van Sickle), who is not helped by the mop he wears around his chin; and the wily Odysseus (Ray Sokolov) is no subtle man at all, just a ham. They are all hams when they want to emote something; it is much as if they conceived the play in terms of a bad translation...