Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shared the same Christ Church staircase with Sir Anthony Eden, is a devout Buddhist, is Buddhistically sure that everything is for the best in Ceylon's green world. "Conflict is very essential to life," he says. "But it must be confict that does not militate against a higher harmony above it. I have always felt that ultimate reconciliation was possible, and the people of this country have now made it possible for me to put my theories into practice...
...Talmadge's 35 applicants, only seven passed the examinations, eleven got under 50, and none scored higher than 75. Only two of the 26 boys applying for the Air Academy passed the algebra test. Russell's applicants did even worse: only four scored over 70 on the overall exam (highest mark: 72), 15 scored under 50, and one pulled down an ignominious...
...coming only as far north as Atlanta. At its highest point (apogee), the orbit rises to 1,700 miles above the earth, descending to about 200 miles (perigee). The round trip takes 114 minutes. This is a "safe" orbit, above nearly all the drag of the atmosphere, and higher than the orbits of the Russian satellites...
...William H. Pickering, director of the Army's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, which developed the upper stages of the launching vehicle, says that the orbit is almost exactly the intended one. The only deviation is that the satellite goes a little higher than was expected. "A splendid orbit," says Dr. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa, who designed the instrument package for the satellite. "We are delighted with it." He points out that the principal scientific purpose of the Explorer is to study cosmic rays at various distances from the earth, and it could...
...layoffs from cutbacks have idled more than 17,795 miners, 3.7% of the work force (v. .2% at the beginning of 1957). As a result, Western Congressmen are pressing for higher tariffs, calling for a 4?-a-lb. duty whenever the U.S. price goes below the "peril point" of 30?. The current tariff, suspended until next July, is 1.8? at a 24? peril point. Tariff advocates argue that the U.S. imported an estimated 215,000 tons more than it exported in 1957. Without the imports, U.S. production would have been close to consumption. But the copper producers themselves have done...