Word: knowns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rock is almost completely de pendent upon a lunar condition known as the "honey moon," and its assent is along a precalculated bridal path...
...home by about 2 a.m., leaving only the skinny neophyte [myself] with his boss, who was'stiil sitting at the front desk, chin on hands, looking at the drawings. Aalto remained in tha, position without moving until about 6 a.m.; whether he was asleep or not is not known, since the assistant was afraid to go look. Then Aalto stirred and began to draw with soft colored pencils until about 8 a.m. It was a magnificent rendering of the main floor plan and foretold a great building. He is a great architect...
...this week. It was the Japanese Empire's last stand. Never had a sea battle's stakes been so high, never so many warships involved, never such fierce fighting over such a vast expanse of trackless ocean. It was in fact four great battles, waged with every known naval weapon, majestic in its sweep, but complex and even controversial in its detail. Both the sense of sweep and the drama of detail are to be found in color maps with accompanying text...
Against U.S. landings on Leyte, the Japanese had prepared a plan known as SHO-1, aimed at bringing "general decisive battle." SHO1 called for a pincers movement against the U.S. landing forces in Leyte Gulf. The strongest Japanese force, under Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, was to steam through the Sibuyan Sea, debouch through San Bernardino Strait (see maps) and head south to Leyte Gulf. Two smaller forces, operating independently under Vice Admirals Shoï Nishimura and Kiyohide Shima, were to come through Surigao Strait, move north and close the pincers with Kurita. Meanwhile, a fleet under canny old Vice Admiral...
...Dartmouth game, he prepared the first of his famous college medleys. The next week Anderson, pleased with the success of the medley, presented another for the Army game. He took a tune from Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," added some well-known melodies from Ivy League songs, and produced "Wintergreen for President." This number, the nearest thing to a Band theme song, is repeatedly requested by audiences...