Word: missions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Carol Mann, 27, is a 6-ft. 3-in. mini-skirted blonde who loves popcorn, Mission: Impossible and André Kostelanetz. She professes to a belief that "positive thinking is the key to success," and she confesses to "a burning desire to set up housekeeping and start having babies." But patio parties and the P.T.A. will have to wait. For Carol is a traveling salesman's daughter, and she took up golf at eleven because "I only got to see my father on weekends; since he was a golfer I figured this would be a good...
Noticeably Unhappy. The South Vietnamese will most likely send to Paris a five-man "mission of liaison" headed by Ambassador to the U.S. Bui Diem. Saigon broke off relations with France in 1965 after De Gaulle offered one piece of advice too many about the war, but it is represented in Paris by a consul general; he can provide the mission with a convenient base. If the talks seem to be getting somewhere, the number of South Vietnamese observers is likely to swell to some 20. Though they will not take part in the talks, they presumably will be briefed...
...Search and Destroy. Our strategy in Viet Nam is most definitely not a search-and-destroy strategy, and it is unfortunate that it has been so characterized by some. Search and destroy is merely an abbreviated version of a time-honored infantry mission: "Find, fix, fight and destroy the enemy." It is not a strategy or a tactic; it is a mission. Our military strategy in Viet Nam has had three objectives: 1) provide protection for allied bases, 2) provide security for as much of the population as possible and 3) destroy the enemy armed forces...
After a nearly flawless maiden flight in November, the Saturn 5 moon rocket ran into so many difficulties during its second mission last month that NASA officials feared yet another unmanned flight would be necessary before the rocket could be trusted to carry astronauts into space. Now, after a careful review of the troubles that cropped up in flight, NASA has decided that it can probably correct them all and make Saturn 5 safe enough to carry a manned Apollo spacecraft into orbit this November or December. By eliminating another unmanned test of the huge rocket, NASA would save about...
Jarred Astronauts. Failure of the third-stage rocket engine to restart later in the mission was tentatively traced to a broken line that supplied hydrogen to the ignition system. Without an ignition flame, the engine could not be restarted. To reduce the possibility of future breaks in the stainless-steel fuel lines, flexible joints in the lines will be either eliminated or greatly strengthened...