Word: knew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...June 10 from 15 days on the first American bus tour in Russia. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay, and I take exception to "the food is heavy and generally dull." At all times, I liked the Russian food; it was always different, and rather exciting as you never knew what, when or how long it took to be served. We had eggs, fish, cheese, etc. for breakfast...
Clear Record. In Phoenix, Ariz., Representative David Hill Campbell had a sign on his desk in the Arizona state legislature: "Don't ask me for any information. If I knew anything, I would not be here...
...Congress. Senate Leader Johnson attacked "vetoes and vetoes and vetoes," chided Ike for requiring Congress to pass his proposals "without crossing a 't' or dotting an 'i.' " But the odds were high that Eisenhower, riding the tide of thrift, would eventually get what Johnson knew the White House wanted: a housing law that renews the nearly exhausted FHA mortgage-insurance authority, extends home-improvement and military-housing loan insurance programs and costs about the $1.6 billion the President asked in the first place...
During his 33 years as Foreign Minister, Joseph Bech of Luxembourg found it convenient to speak of his country's size as a well-rounded 1,000 sq. mi., but as every schoolboy in the Grand Duchy knew, Luxembourg was listed in all the books as having only 999 sq. mi. After World War II, Bech saw his chance. When the Inter-Allied Commission on Frontier Correction asked Luxembourg what it wanted in reparations, Bech promptly replied: one square mile of the German forest area called Kammerwald. The Allies threw in an extra square mile for good measure...
Kiwi-A's actual thrust is probably quite small. The difficulties are so great that no one knew whether such an engine would work at all. The reactor must run extremely hot; otherwise the hydrogen will not form an effective gas jet. Thus Kiwi-A's innards are probably made of tricky, heat-resistant metals such as tungsten, tantalum and molybdenum. Control is far more difficult than with chemical engines, because the flow of hydrogen must be balanced perfectly against the production of energy by the reactor. A slight maladjustment of the controls might melt the nuclear engine...