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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...expected," said Gilruth. "They only used about half to a third of the oxygen and water that we might have expected them to use." But why did Aldrin have so much trouble penetrating the lunar surface beyond a few inches with his core sampler? Why was he able to plant the stand for the solar wind experiment only a few feet away with such ease? Why did the blast from the LM's engine fail to carve out even a small crater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: SOME MYSTERIES SOLVED, SOME QUESTIONS RAISED | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

...enthusiasm what he lacked in experience, Stefanski persuaded Stokes to start a massive effort to scrub the Cuyahoga, and hence aid Lake Erie. The proposed price tag: $100 million in bonds, to improve existing facilities and build 25 miles of trunk-line sewers plus a modern sewage treatment plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Cities: The Price of Optimism | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

Most important of all is business's spending on new plant and equipment, which is the major thrust behind the 1969 inflation. Early in the year companies planned to spend some $73 billion on new facilities, or 14% more than last year. But tight money and prospects of less exuberant demand have begun to change boardroom thinking. The Business Council expects that spending will increase only 11% this year and probably much less in 1970. Robert Tyson, U.S. Steel's Finance Committee chairman, concedes that the scarcity of credit may force cutbacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE PAINFUL PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

Lower Yields. In general, only companies with earnings problems are actually cutting their 1969 spending. Chrysler Corp., whose earnings plunged 51% last quarter, has deeply slashed its $300 million capital-spending plans for 1969. At New Stanton, Pa., construction of a $200 million assembly plant was halted even as the steel was going up. B. F. Goodrich, which is trying to fatten earnings and fend off a takeover attempt by Northwest Industries, plans to trim its 1969 spending. So does International Harvester, which has scrapped plans to expand its network of offices around the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE PAINFUL PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

Still there is a remarkable absence of social distinction due to dress, speech, and habit. When you walk into a plant you can't tell who the manager is' he's dressed in construction boots and work clothes just like everybody else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sam Bowles Takes a Look at Cuba | 7/29/1969 | See Source »

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