Word: launch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hitler feel compelled to launch an offensive at the time he did? Answer: megalomania, plus his dominant military instinct: the best defense is an offense...
...experimental space station." Then Shatalov, Khrunov and Eliseev landed Soyuz 4 safely some 1,500 miles southeast of Moscow, within sight of recovery helicopters. This display of reentry accuracy overcame the perils of the snowy landing site's 31-below-zero cold, making Russia's first manned launch in winter a triumph...
...Miami Pop Festival had enough talent on display to keep one's fears tiny. Country Joe and the Fish, say, who came on unprepossessing but grow in stature as they assert their calm and confident rapport with the audience all building up to that staggering moment when they launch into "Fixing to Die"--in such a way does rock and roll gell musical and spiritual elements to produce instants of screaming intensity...
...first section, the editors present Sociologist Erving Goffman and his studies of the rules underlying behavior at the impromptu social events that he calls "gatherings." The story was written by Associate Editor John Koffend and edited by Senior Editor John T. Elson, both of whom this week launch a section that TIME intends to use in the months ahead to study every facet of contemporary society...
...Securities and Exchange Commission, Manuel Cohen-who is likely to be replaced as chairman after Inauguration Day-hopes to launch a comprehensive study on the impact of mutual funds, pension funds, foundations and other institutional investors on the securities markets. The study has been authorized by Congress and endorsed in principle by Nixon. But during the campaign, the incoming President criticized Washington for its "heavyhanded" regulation of the securities field. Cohen fears that if he does not move quickly to get the investigation well under way, his Nixon-appointed successor will not press the study too vigorously...