Word: leaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the U.S. space effort must be kept "within reason." Vice President Richard Nixon assured a press conference that the nation's space effort was "moving along at a reasonably good pace." Herbert F. York, the Defense Department's director of research and engineering, dismissed the Soviet lead in the space race as "more a question of acute embarrassment than national survival." Engineer T. Keith Glennan, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, called for a "sane course"-which in NASA bafflegab seems to mean the same program that has kept the U.S. lagging behind. Roy Johnson...
...until they go on the air does either know what the other will say; their story assignments must be written-and in some cases reported and filmed-in the hours just before show time. The news budget is restricted to five or six items, and which man takes the lead depends entirely on whether the best story is in Huntley's territory or Brinkley's. What they turn out ranks high not only with Nielsen but also with official Washington. Asked by a survey agency last August to name their favorite news program, members of Congress gave Huntley...
...succeeds John Clarke Whitaker, 68, who was named to the newly created post of honorary chairman. Gray started as a salesman in 1930, became sales manager in 1952, executive vice president in 1955 and president in 1957. It was during Gray's presidency that Reynolds wrested the lead in U.S. tobacco sales from American Tobacco Co. Succeeding Gray as president is F. G. ("Bill") Carter, 47, former vice president and sales manager...
...meeting, the varsity took a seemingly secure 20-19 lead at 11:04 of the fourth quarter when John Simourian went over for a touchdown and Walt Stahura kicked the extra point...
...running play had covered 54 yards, an 18-yard rush after a backfield fumble, and a 36-yard touchdown throw. The score at the half was Harvard 27, Columbia 10. The explosive Lion offense roared back in the second half, but could not overcome the varsity's early lead...