Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enterprise in the Navy's program for 1958-and far beyond. "The primary mission of every combat ship in the Atlantic Fleet is antisubmarine," says Admiral Jerauld Wright, commander of the Atlantic Fleet. "Everything else is secondary." And Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke has placed a no-limit ceiling on the operations of Goblin Hunter Thach and his Task Group Alfa. "If Alfa wants beefsteak for breakfast," Burke ordered, "give 'em beefsteak...
...House, which approved a $10 billion permanent increase in the $275 billion permanent national debt limit, plus an additional temporary increase of $3 billion, changed its mind. It went along with a Senate bill pressed by Virginia's penny-counting Harry Byrd, setting the permanent increase at $8 billion and the temporary increase at $5 billion more until next June...
With the oxygen circuit closed, and their metabolism rising with exertion, they sent the CO2 level soaring at a rate of 1% a minute (normal at sea level: about one-thirtieth of 1%). In ten minutes, the C02 level was nudging 12%. This .was about the limit. But Dr. Balke found that his conditioned subjects kept full consciousness longer than lowlanders. Also, they sensed more quickly (thanks to training) the reflexes that indicate the onset of CO2 giddiness. So they would have more time to do something about it. Aside from advantages in regard to the bends...
OLDER U.S. WHISKY will finally get a crack at luxury markets, long dominated by Scotch (and some Canadian brands), if all goes well. Senate Finance Committee voted 9-2 to allow domestic distillers to hold whisky in tax-free storage up to 20 years (current limit: eight years), and full Congress is expected to approve. Biggest gainer will be Schenley Industries, which holds by far largest stock of whisky older than six years...
...shining most brightly over Stratford, Connecticut. If great things are done for Shakespeare, they seem certain to be done here. Much progress has been made, much remains to be made. The people involved must not slacken for a moment. We must support them to the limit and say, "Get on with the job." They in turn must do just that; for that is now their duty as well as their privilege...