Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Army's basic problem in designing the celebrated Jupiter-C missile nose cone was to make it tough enough so that it would not burn up like a meteor when it re-entered the atmosphere from more than 400 miles up. But a secondary problem, in the day of interservice rivalry, was to bring it back alive to prove that the Army had overcome a good portion, at least, of the re-entry problems.* To solve the homecoming problem, the Army disclosed last week, the nose cone displayed practically every type of electronic legerdemain except playing The Star-Spangled...
American rocket progress also aroused comment yesterday at the Observatory. The Air Force announced that small aluminum pellets, about the size of beebees, were shot from the nose of an Aerobee rocket 54 miles above earth "in an effort to gain information about outer space...
...starting goalie Jim Perkins returns to the nets after an absence of over a month with a shoulder injury, the team loses the strength of fullback Chris Provensen, whose nose was broken in four places last week at Brown. Floyd Molloy will join Lanny Keyes at fullback in place of Provensen, who is reported still in bruised, but safe condition...
...First Call, only three thoroughbreds trotted to the post: that sprinting fool, Bold Ruler, back in shape after a bout with heart trouble; the handsome bay, Round Table, riding high on an eleven-straight winning string; and the controversial colt, Gallant Man, who lost the Derby by a dirty nose. Between them they had already earned nearly $1,500,000; now they were after a piddling $82,350. But the money didn't matter. The winner of last week's race at New Jersey's Garden State track would be America's Horse of the Year...
...bother him. Back in Paris, he will have time to relax and enjoy his $50,000 purse. His fans will find him with Cherif Hamia and the rest of les durs (the tough guys), rolling down the boulevards resplendent in the turtleneck sweater, tight, pointed shoes and busted nose that are the cachet of his trade...