Word: holding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seems to me that the farther out in space we go, the more we need to have something to hold onto-stars just don't make good straphangers! Catholics et al. should not forget 2,000 years of practical psychology that worked-not to mention that "out" word "faith...
...tenth lunar revolution, the Apollo crew will fire the SPS engine again-this time for 206 sec. -boosting their speed to 6,060 m.p.h., more than enough to break the moon's gravitational hold and start the spacecraft back toward the earth. About 57 hours later, accelerating under the pull of terrestrial gravity, the astronauts will position their craft properly and then jettison the service module. Streaking into the earth's atmosphere at an angle of 6.5° and a velocity of 24,765 m.p.h., the 11,700-lb. command module-all that will remain...
...Restrict the powers of some speculators, including the huge multinational corporations, most of which are U.S.-controlled. Such firms hold enormous cash reserves in foreign currencies. Whenever a crisis threatens, treasurers rush to shift their reserves from "weak" currencies (currently French francs and British pounds) into "strong" currencies (currently German marks, Swiss francs and others) and thus bring on or aggravate a crisis...
...Hold it, hold it." Complete silence. Then...
...verdict may be unsatisfactory to those who hold Baird's point of view. Because while Baird's exhibition of the pill may have been free speech, an exhibition in a pharmacy or department store is a more difficult case to justify. And the legislature might be able to reformulate the law so as to make it satisfactory to the court...