Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...design and build an entirely new aircraft for nuclear power (time estimate: four to six years) or install a reactor to power an existing-type plane (time estimate: three years). The Navy said that it could adapt several of its seaplanes, including the experimental Martin P-6M multijet Sea-master or the old Mars, now up for sale, added that it would be safer to test a nuclear plane over sea than over land areas, where a crash might expose civilians to explosion and radiation. The Air Force said it could adapt its operational B-52 intercontinental jet bomber...
...angry objections. Brann's international drawing power came back to life too. As it went into its second printing in Texas, a London publisher prepared a British edition of Author Carver's skillful memoir of the pamphleteer whom curmudgeonly H. L. Mencken once saluted as "a past master of invective...
Reuben A. Brower, Master of Adams House, called the move a "necessary experiment." He added, "It is somewhat dangerous but we are willing to try it in the face of a temporary need...
John H. Finley, Jr. '14, Master of Eliot House, agreed that the measure could be considered only as a temporary one. He said that the concept of the resident House was "an integral part" of College life, and that the plan, even if adopted, should not extend past the completion of the eighth House, scheduled for the fall...
Conant said that the questions, "How did it happen? Why did it happen? and Will it happen again?" must be answered about the rise and reign of Hitler. After nothing the importance of the school-master in German life, Conant asked, "How did this phenomenon (Hitler) arise in such a highly educated nation...