Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...question remains as to just what is meant by "coordination." One scheme under discussion in Washington would give NATO its own nuclear capability, based on Britain's present modest H-bomb striking power and France's future force de frappe. The U.S. wants the Europeans themselves to work out the details, but strong U.S. assistance, including money, equipment, and hitherto secret information, would be forthcoming if they...
...small amount of fuel in its retrorockets and nudge itself into an orbit about 100 miles above the lunar surface. Then, instead of descending, it will detach a small "bug" containing two of its three-man crew. The bug will have rocket engines, a communication system and a modest supply of fuel as well as "biological support" to keep the crew alive. After it separates from the orbiting spaceship, a brief burst from its engines will put it into an elliptical orbit that swoops down to ten miles above the moon's surface. As the bug approaches this...
...Even the candidates' arrivals in town were significantly different. Eddie came quietly and went to work in a modest Sheraton-Kimball headquarters suite...
OAMS will not upset national sovereignties; its members preferred to settle for a league with more modest and attainable goals. Its chances of success are accordingly far greater than the glittering schemes of Kwame Nkrumah, the thwarted boss of Ghana who dreams of ruling the continent. Stung by his failure to win wide support, Nkrumah sent no envoy to the Lagos talks. Instead, he hastily convened a rival meeting of his own in Accra...
...This modest beginning in research, however, has already produced remarkable returns. Papermakers have invented everything from noiseless popcorn bags to paper tents, are currently working with textile manufacturers to develop paper suitable for disposable surgical gowns, bed sheets and men's shirts. Paper coated with plas tic or aluminum is much used in food packaging. Other new products...