Word: majority
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...budget makes only token cuts in force levels, proposes to halt no major projects except nuclear power for aircraft carriers. The rising cost of arms is met mainly by the timeworn device of "stretching out" procurement and development schedules on hardware. The stretch-out looks fine on paper; it keeps programs alive at a reduced spending rate, preserves the same high-sounding force goals for the future-but only pushes the future farther into the future. Actually, in the day of inexorable change the stretchout wastes more money than any other budget practice. It postpones operational dates on entire weapons...
...study, Avco scientists built a laboratory model MHD that produces 10 kw. of 55-volt electricity. This is hardly enough to run a gadget-filled kitchen, but ten big U.S. power companies have now joined with Avco to help develop MHD generators big enough to supply commercial power. A major advantage: an MHD generator has no primary moving parts, with the exception of those in the relatively simple compressor...
Meantime, Ward Howell is getting other nibbles from the world of culture: a record company is looking for a comptroller and a major U.S. orchestra for a director...
...orchestra-the New York Philharmonic-is older than the St. Louis Philharmonic. Founded 20 years before the city's professional orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Philharmonic has attracted generation after generation of St. Louis families to its ranks, has sent alumni by the score into virtually every major U.S. orchestra. Its quality amazes visiting conductors, especially Europeans unaccustomed to amateur playing on such an ambitious scale. Last week's concert included, in addition to the Beethoven selection, Mozart's Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra, Chausson's Poem for Violin and Orchestra, the overture...
Schedules for the hockey and basketball teams were announced yesterday. Both will open seasons on Dec. 5 and compete in at least one major tournament besides their regular games...