Word: oaks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...total may reach $150 million." It is so intricate that Martin will transfer his most skilled workers and supervisors. "We have the know-how in Toledo," says Martin. "I've found it's easy to transplant a rose, but it's damned hard to transplant an oak tree...
...style home was immediately transformed into a "ship." A twenty-four hour watch was stood, and classes for midshipmen were held over the same mahogany table where the Overseers dined in years past. Mis-behaving scamen were assigned to scrub the "deck" and polish the "brightwork"--in this case, oak floors and gold mirrors. Consequently, when the admiral moved out, the ship was little worse for the wear and tear. The Conants were astonished to discover that even the bottles in the wine-cellar were undisturbed. Somehow, through four years of Navy discipline and inspection, no one discovered the little...
Price didn't think Westinghouse could learn anything running plants like Hanford or Oak Ridge; they had become management, not development, projects. "Our engineers advised us," says Price, "that naval propulsion was likely to be the first practical application of atomic engines. In warships, the advantages of increased range would outweigh the high costs of the engine. So we went after that as the best means of gaining nuclear experience and at the same time solving practical problems which would have application in our business...
Following a highly critical report by President Conant's special committee, the Corporation has voted $300,000 for a large-scale revamping of the University's Oak Ridge Observatory and has ordered liquidation of legal and financial obligations at the Boyden Observatory in South Africa...
...composer who at six began strumming a guitar, went into vaudeville at 14, rode to fame as "King of the Hillbillies" on broadcasts and recordings of his own hits (Lovesick Blues; Jambalaya; Cold, Cold Heart) ; of a heart ailment, while riding by car to a personal appearance date; near Oak Hill...