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Albany taught him not to attack a political power structure unless he had the votes. Thereafter he aimed desultorily at intransigent merchants, more emphatically at the national heart. His horizon grew, and with it his clout. In 1963 he marched into Birmingham, tac tically prepared, and flayed that citadel of Dixie bigotry on national television. Public Safety Commissioner Theophilus ("Bull") Connor became the white villain for King's black heroes as they marched-clad in their Sunday clothes -to meet his truncheons, hoses and dogs. That world-arousing spectacle brought whites flocking to the civil rights movement...
...side of the Tower of the Americas in a glass-fronted elevator is a guaranteed belly-grabber. And from the tower's open-air observation platform, or its two levels of restaurants, one revolving at the rate of one complete turn every hour, Texas stretches out to the horizon 90 miles away...
Since its founding, the Harkness Ballet alone has commissioned more music scores than any U.S. orchestra except the New York Philharmonic. One sign of dance's expanding horizon is the interest of artists in exploring its possibilities. Painters Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Frank Stella have collaborated with Merce Cunningham; Underground Film Maker Ed Emshwiller is filming dancers in what may be a dance-dominated "total cinema...
...Vincent J. Manno of Manno & Romano, the newspaper brokerage firm that brought the two publishers together, the transaction represented a "new horizon for the newspaper field." In the joint announcement made by the two companies, Newark News President Edward Scudder said that "although the News has never occupied a stronger position in its field than it does today, I am convinced that the vast resources and prestige of Time Inc. will contribute tremendously to its growth and service to its readers." Time Inc.'s plans for the News will be made public when the transaction is concluded...
...plane maneuvers-both for landing and returning-that would consume large additional amounts of the craft's precious fuel. Once a launch time has been set, scientists will pick a site where the sun will be at least 7° and no more than 20° above the horizon in back of the LM crew when they swoop down. From this position, the sun will illuminate the surface in a way that will bring out the most contrast, making it easier for the crew to land safely...