Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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A powerful Titan II rocket swiftly shoved Gemini 6 into an elliptical orbit that dipped as close to earth as 100 miles (perigee) and swung as far away as 161 miles (apogee). The average velocity was 17,535 m.p.h., only 8 m.p.h. slower than planned. Even more important, a maneuver...
Cryptic as that utterance was (and it committed France to nothing), it was a well-timed political gesture. Predictably, it sent a glow across both the country and the Continent. Behind the maneuver lay an uncomfortable fact: with the Dec. 5 voting just around the corner, De Gaulle's...
The college quarterbacks were "awful," the running backs were "only so-so," the linemen were "neither big enough nor quick enough." These heart-rending groans, of course, were only a tactical maneuver - designed to keep prices down. Last year competition for talent between the two pro leagues was so intense...
Bluhdorn then decided on a strategically wise maneuver. He used his profits to buy into a more secure and promising business: auto replacement parts. In a Balkanized industry that has thousands of small suppliers, he figured that the best goal was to knit together a nationwide network of manufacturing plants...
Flying by Eyeball. An AMU-equipped astronaut will maneuver through space by manipulating control knobs at the end of each of two projecting arms-the right knob for attitude, the left for direction of motion. Should he want to turn to the left, for example, he will turn the right...