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...General White also confirmed that the Air Force is working on a contramissile (antimissile missile). Name: Wizard. Making a contramissile accurate enough to intercept an enemy ballistic missile "will be a terrifically difficult problem," said White, "but I think we will lick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Missile Count Down | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

Concerning its feasibility, White said: "It will be a terrifically difficult problem, but I think we will lick it." He also stated that there are a number of development projects in the antimissile field, some of which have great promise...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Gaillard Wins Confidence Votes On Algerian Self-Rule Question; Tunisia Criticizes French Laws | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

...colleges during the summer but a move by Harvard to drop the Tigers from their schedule had been handily defeated by undergraduate opinion. The Lampoon reported that undergraduate pressure had forced this decision for "the Harvard man would like to see Princeton dropped, but they would still rather lick...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Teapot Tempest: '26 Tiger-Crimson Game | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

...lick the sugar and spice...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Joker's Motley Garb | 11/7/1957 | See Source »

This means his top five runners will be either in poor shape or in bed for Friday's triangular meet with Columbia and Penn in New York, but McCurdy said "We'll lick them anyhow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runner Sick | 10/17/1957 | See Source »

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