Word: moving
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...itinerant historian wants to move further west, he can hear Associate Professors Hoffman and Wahl explain French thought, institutions, and social structure since the Revolution (Sever 36); or he can sit while Oscar Handlin covers American Economic History. But on Monday, both lecture halls almost became condensed versions...
...opposed the "loyalty oath" section of the Act, which requires students requesting loan funds to subscribe to a disclaimer affidavit. He said that the U.S. Senate's failure to take action on Sen. Kennedy's bill to repeal the oath requirement has made the University "reconsider" its participation. The move involves funds totalling...
YALE: The Elis are due to move up, if only because they have nowhere else to go. Coach Jordan Oliver will have most of last year's team back, which may or may not be a blessing. The quarterback problem seems to be working itself out, with Bill Leckonby, Tom Singleton and Art LaVallie the top candidates...
Turn in Space. The Russians issued no explanation of how this was done. Easiest way is to turn the final-stage rocket in a desired direction by gyros or gas jets and then burn additional fuel to speed it up, slow it down or move it sideways. The necessary orders can be given by radio from the ground or by the rocket's own inertial guidance system. If the orders came from the ground, the problem was to get an accurate track of the rocket's course. The cloud of glowing sodium that the rocket released may have...
...rock island of Manacle Shoal in the Caribbean is being tunneled to serve as an unsinkable ammunition ship. The labor force consists entirely of U.S. Negro enlisted men; directing them are three white officers. No one is under any illusion about the overhanging risk: a wrong move, a detonated shell, a rule-breaking smoke-and the whole lot of them could be blown up. Along with the danger come few compensations. For the Negroes, there is an occasional cockfight and beers on a nearby island; for the commander, who is sure that his dreary assignment is punishment for once having...