Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fastest rocket the public has heard about so far is a four-stage "bird" only 8 in. in diameter. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics has been shooting it over the Atlantic from Wallops Island, Va. Intended for high-altitude research, the rocket has climbed 200 miles, reaching the peak speed of 6,864 m.p.h. The first two stages are solid-propellant boosters of the type used to toss the Army's Nike missile into...
...Eisenhower administration prides itself on the "New Look" departures from President Truman's defense program. The major changes seem to be three: 1) Abandonment of policy of getting ready for a year in which Russia will have supposedly reached peak strength. A continuing crisis is expected. 2) Reduction of the armed services budget and of the number of men serving, especially in the Army. Emphasis on an air-atomic striking force. (Balancing the budget being considered all-important.) 3) Disinclination to fight further "brushfire" wars or "police actions" like Korea. (Apparently based on an estimate of their unpopularity...
Since early spring Dr. Kraus has received irregular bursts of 11-meter radio waves from Venus. Every day he measured a rough peak of radio activity, and the peaks came earlier each day by a little less than two hours. After diagraming the peaks, Dr. Kraus concluded that Venus revolves on its axis in about...
...record in spite of general decline in crop production, predicts Agriculture Department. While flexible price supports and other surplus-cutting devices will trim crops to 104.2% on 1947-49 index (v. 105% last year), increases in livestock (up 1 point to 123%) are likely to keep overall production at peak levels...
...nation reduced by the war to 60% of its territory, while its population swelled from 72 million to 89 million people, the Japanese economy has been bursting at the seams. In eleven years Japan has doubled its prewar industrial output, far outdistanced its peak wartime production years. Japan's phenomenal recovery has been due largely 1) U.S. Government procurement orders, and 2) soaring exports, notably of cheap textiles and heavy machinery. Last week Japan's biggest industrial manufacturer. Hitachi Ltd., landed two fat new orders from India and Formosa for $830,000 worth of hydroelectric equipment and transformers...