Word: means
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...write that close to 1970 about 10 million cars per year will be sold. That can only mean that by then our roads will be so choked up that you can walk faster than a car can move...
...millions of people's peace-hungry minds, Mr. Khrushchev's offer to scrap all armies will look very tempting and reasonable indeed. But I can mention a number of fairly prominent countries where the abolition of the armed forces would mean an immediate and effortless take-over for the extremely well-organized Communistic minority. In such places as Argentina, Indonesia, Iraq, etc., the armies are just holding their own against the subversive forces of Communism, and should the hypothetical case of complete disarmament become a reality, Western countries such as France, Italy and Finland could fall without...
...Department's director of research and engineering, dismissed the Soviet lead in the space race as "more a question of acute embarrassment than national survival." Engineer T. Keith Glennan, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, called for a "sane course"-which in NASA bafflegab seems to mean the same program that has kept the U.S. lagging behind. Roy Johnson, head of the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency, could offer no better proposal than the creation of a "psychological warfare department" to "answer" Soviet space feats...
...child must learn obedience for his own good and the good of those around him. But, Dr. Kenward emphasized, this does not mean that subjugation to authority is an end in itself. Far from making conformity and "adjustment" a way of life, it should actually foster individuality and prepare the child eventually to reject unreasonable authority. In any case, "the child who learns obedience to necessary and reasonable rules is a much happier and more secure child...
However, as Brookins said last week, "being a sophomore doesn't mean you have to make a mistake." If the Lion rookies play a steady game it's not impossible that 15,000 fans will watch another stunning upset. It's just very unlikely