Word: orbiter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...purpose of the Aerobee-Hi is to probe the upper atmosphere during the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. Naval spokesmen deny the persistent rumor that it is being groomed as the second stage of the three-stage rocket that will place the U.S. satellite on its earth-circling orbit...
Ordinary meteorites are believed to be bits of a "lost planet" that revolved in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter. For some reason, it broke up and filled the solar system with large and small debris. Nickel-iron meteorites are thought to be fragments of its dense interior, while stony meteorites are made of lighter material from near the planet's surface...
Your June 18 analysis of the apparent regravitation of Communist Tito into the Soviet orbit was highly perceptive, and displayed a rare insight into the subtleties of the new Kremlin approach to international relations. Americans must grasp the uncomfortable fact that Khrushchev is attacking the U.S. on its own grounds. By seeking to shed the most odious stigma attached to modern Communism, i.e., Stalinism, Russia purports to have seized the initiative in assuming a constructive, nonaggressive attitude toward the world's tensions...
...Most dearly beloved to me in all the world: This is probably the last letter you will receive from me on this earth. Although my thoughts have pursued an orbit around you day and night ever since our separation ... I fear that with everything I shall only pile a new burden upon your poor sorely tried heart...
...Europe, Dulles has seemed pleased with his diplomacy, but perhaps forgets that since he took office, Yugoslavia has moved closer to the Soviet orbit, France has torpedoed the European Defense Community, West Germany has produced more proponents for reunification before rearmament, and England has become distressed at the lack of high level consultation on major policy decisions. Dulles' responses to these situations, however, have been generally flexible and adequate, although the German problem is certainly far from solved. And his recent statement that he now sees NATO must shift--slightly--into the economic and political spheres, is encouraging...