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...test, NASA was able to prove that both LM engines work well, that the descent engine can be throttled in space-the first big operational engine to do so-and that the Apollo mission could be safely aborted, if necessary, during the final descent to the lunar surface. The near-perfect results may enable NASA to cancel plans for a second unmanned LM flight and to move directly into a manned orbital flight-to check out LM's life-support systems-late in 1968. Looking further ahead, LM's success has also raised hopes that...
...near-perfect dives of 2.7 and 2.8 difficulty far out-distanced the opposition, but Murphy wasn't worried about the opposition. He was competing with himself...
...review attributes "a near-perfect technical mastery" to Seth Carlin's playing. I, for one, could not judge his fingerwork, because of the overall blur his heavy footwork gave the music. And no clear overall understanding of the piece came through to redeem the technical haze...
...other two contestants presented a difficult choice. Seth Carlin is the most virtuosic pianist I have heard at Harvard. His performance of the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto displayed a near-perfect technical mastery of that demanding score. The runs and complicated accompaniment figures came through clearly without covering the melodic line. Carlin also demonstrated rhythmic control and power that put his playing on a professional level...
...worse name and they are still friends. The difference is that Wayne smiles when he says it." Not always, but Morse almost invariably balances his invective a few days later with an effusive endorsement of the President. Despite their differences on Viet Nam, the two men are in near-perfect accord on many domestic issues, particularly labor and education. "The President understands that he can't have Wayne on the war," notes one Senator, "but he can have him on other matters. And he needs...