Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...inspect an American missile base even if invited. As for his activities in the U.S., there would be discussion with Eisenhower but not negotiation, and a main topic would be Germany-but not Germany's reunification: "There are no hopes of unifying East and West Germany in the near future, consequently one must proceed from the real state of affairs, from the fact that there are two German states." Answering another question, he magnanimously assured everyone that Russia will attempt no change in Berlin's status so long as talks continue...
...scene to gladden even the most jaded cruise director. The open-air movie was filled to capacity with a bronzed, relaxed audience. In the swimming pool near by, energetic types were splashing away at water polo. From the "Bikini" bar came the clink of glasses and the hum of bar babble, and in the soft glow cast by indirect neon lighting, palm leaves fluttered...
...climate was all but unbearable. At Hassi Messaoud the first oil drilling teams labored in 120° to 130° temperatures and through sandstorms, often came off an eight-hour shift near collapse. At Edjelé, welders putting together oil storage tanks learned that simply to touch the metal of the tanks meant a bad burn. The combination of Saharan sand and heat wears out mechanical equipment with startling rapidity; at Edjelé the average life of a Dodge truck engine is 7,500 miles...
...klystron, a radio tube operating at microwave frequencies that figured prominently in the development of World War II radar and later guided missiles, founder (1948) and board chairman of Varian Associates, a fast-rising, $20 million-a-year electronics firm; of a heart attack; aboard a cruise ship near Juneau, Alaska...
...first compilations of the revised index, now near completion, show that U.S. output, which reached a record 155 in June (1947-49 average: 100), is actually ten points higher. The FRB made its revision on the basis of a detailed business census for the year 1954, which reviewed some 6,000 product lines in manufacturing alone...