Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...idea of a conscription lottery is far from new. The U.S. used it in July 1917 to pluck 687,000 draftees from 10 million registrants between the ages of 21 and 31. Conceived by Army Provost Marshal General Enoch H. Crowder, the drawing was made in Washington from 10,500 numbered slips of paper (10,500 was the largest number of registrants signed up with any single local board). The first number pulled from the fishbowl was 258, and every registrant with that number was called. In all, 1,374,000 men took physical exams; 70% passed and then...
...never spent more than $800,000 a year, though it is authorized expenses up to $2,000,000. One official explains that Mansfield's men, a mix of ex-FBI agents, Foreign Service officers, accountants, lawyers and computer experts, are "deeply imbued with the Caesar's wife idea. We couldn't be auditing and checking on others and not be extremely careful ourselves." The I.G.'s gumshoes log upwards of 1,000,000 miles a year by everything from DC-8 to dugout canoe. (Mansfield, who sees precious little of his wife, Jane-no relation...
...shroud out of the way by flying up and hitting it gently with Gemini's docking bar. Safety-conscious controllers in Houston vetoed the scheme, instead electronically commanded ATDA's movable docking collar to extend and contract, in a vain try to shake the shroud loose. Another idea was to allow Astronaut Cernan to pry or cut the shroud loose during his scheduled space walk; this was also rejected for fear that the sharp edges might puncture his space suit. Houston reluctantly called off the docking operation, reshuffled the schedule, and ordered Stafford and Cernan to back...
...rule it is a bad idea to bet against bishops. Or cardinals. Especially if of an ecumenical bent. This year it would also be unwise to lay much money against Gardiner Day, who retires this year as rector of Christ Church...
...more temporary suggestion to the space problem has been the construction of shelves in the Widener light courts. This idea may still be used, although officials doubt it can provide permanent relief...