Word: phasing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This is a crucial phase of the war, one which a weak or ill-prepared power could lose. But it is not the decisive stage of a war between well-prepared major powers; it does not determine the final outcome of the war between them...
...centuries-old relationship between London and Paris has had more bad than good moments, and even in its present phase of partnership is marked by each nation's fear that the other will become either too strong-or too weak. For the past five months London has been eying Paris with especial nervousness. As senior man in office, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had every right to expect that new Premier de Gaulle should make the first visit to him in London. Instead, last week, as a gesture of good will, Macmillan flew to Paris. Obviously pleased, protocol-conscious General...
With different starting altitudes, angles of climb and speeds, we repeated the maneuver 18 times in little more than an hour's flying. The 4-g phase was miserable for me, unaccustomed to it, and I felt befuddled for a few seconds after each pullout. As we homed to Langley (going supersonic on the way), Brett told me that he had felt as clearheaded during weightlessness as in any other acrobatic flight, had never for an instant forgotten his oil-pressure gauge, which might easily have dipped dangerously low in these maneuvers. His clearheadedness showed that training can make...
With most of the wealthiest contributors accounted for during an earlier phase of the campaign, the Program has, since Harvard's Day, directed its central appeal to the College's 45,000 living alumni. At the same time it is urging those who have already given to increase their pledges. The result has been a great increase in the past two months of the number of alumni participating, accompanied by a slight decrease in average daily income. According to the Program's April Progress Report, it had received about $37.3 million, representing 9,003 gifts, an average of approximately...
...effort to stimulate alumni contributions, the directors of the Program have of late been urging alumni to make five-year pledges--that is, pay by annual installments over a five-year period. It is hoped that the active phase of the general alumni solicitation will be completed by the end of this year...