Word: maneuverers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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For the fast-finishing U.S. teams, the rest of the events were easy. Going into the basketball final, the U.S. was a top-heavy favorite to beat Russia, having outsped and outshot the Soviet players earlier, 86-58. But in the final, the Russians reasoned soundly that the Americans could...
¶ At the halfway mark in its twelve-month job of finding out what needs to be done to jack up U.S. medical facilities, the President's Commission on Health Needs of the Nation (TIME, Jan. 14) took advice from Harry Truman himself. It decided to go on the...
When Televiewer Bob Taft saw 1948's Brown trundling up to the rostrum to take over, he gasped. Taftmen in the convention hall were confused by Bricker's motion and Brown's switched parliamentary maneuver. Thereafter occurred the dramatic two-hour debate on the merits of the...
As the sun dropped, a British lookout spotted a Russian officer checking Communist positions on the hill. Suddenly the officer fell flat on his face. The British and West Germans guffawed. The Russian glared, stood up and fell again as though it had all been a planned maneuver. The Westerners...
The completely automatic interceptor may not be far away. In the near future, whole formations of specially equipped standard fighters may take off, maneuver together high in the air, and land untouched by human hands. Special planes for this kind of operation are well advanced.