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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would do well to go along with most of the rest of the civilized world (Russia and the U.S. are now the main holdouts), abandon the rest of such foreign names and call our wines after the California valleys and New York State lakes from which they come, rather than after French villages (Chablis, Sauternes), German rivers and the like...
...million veterans of World War II, followed by 4,500,000 from Korea, have gone back into civilian life with hardly a ripple. They have, in fact, become the main stream, in many ways changing the course of U.S. life itself. Though only one in ten ever traded fire with the enemy, most grew to understand men and machines, brought back technical and supervisory proficiency that encouraged and staffed the postwar technological revolution-from TV repair shop to nuclear lab, from farm to Ford Motor Co. They coupled a broadened outlook with a conservative, down-to-earth manner that...
...most important aspect of the educational revolution is the expansion of our educational system at the highest level, thus producing more and more men with graduate training. This in turn has made possible the entry of science into the main structure of our society, Parsons said...
...five main roles will be taken by Jane E. Hallowell '59, playing Ruth; Vivian M. Thomas '60, as Eileen; Robert M. Scher '60, Robert Baker; Oscar K. Anderson '59, Wreck; and Jill Kneerim '60, Helen...
...heaviest, Atlas is probably the biggest object that has orbited. Overall, it is 85 ft. long, 10 ft. in diameter. It is a delicate beast. Its main body is a fuel tank of bubble-thin metal. This bulk makes it easy to see, but it also creates atmospheric drag. For this reason, its estimated life is only 20 days...