Word: pair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pair of space missions designed to help pave the way for a U.S. manned landing on the moon got off to success ful starts. Lunar Orbiter 2, which will begin surveying the lunar surface for suitable landing sites this week, was eased into a high orbit around the moon. Astronauts James Lovell Jr. and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. blasted off for the last of the dozen Gemini flights, and, despite a radar failure, performed with polished perfection the complex rendezvous and docking maneuvers that simulate those to be made on the Apollo moon mission...
False Chins. Haunted by memories of the pre-1950 hordes that stripped much of Australia of its vegetation and caused sheepherders and farmers an annual loss of half a billion dollars, Australian scientists are now desperately attempting to forestall another population explosion by rabbits-a pair of which, under moderate conditions, can be responsible for 9,000,000 descendants in three years...
...search for tickets, on bulletin boards, in the CRIMSON, by the grapevine, began early this year. "Feel free to think in terms of $15," one classified said optimistically. There was no surprise when a reporter masquerading as a scalper called and offered a pair...
...student will, through earphones, hear the same story told in both ears. At a crucial point in the narrative, the left ear will hear one word, while the right will hear another word of equal length. For example, in a story about a man and a woman, the important pair of words might be "he killed/kissed her." It has been proven that the student's mind will subconsciously choose to record only one of the words; which one is chosen becomes the psychologist's problem...
Quarterback Taylor sparked Dunster's basketball-type offense with short passes to ends Nelson and Danny Kopans. Nelson scored two touchdowns, Graham Patterson scored three on defense, and even stalwart center Rich Friedell picked up two touchdowns and a pair of extra points...