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The new record of 1,216 m.p.h. on the closed course was set Dec. 11 by Brigadier General Joseph H. Moore, who flew the 62.14-mile course in a little more than three minutes with a load of more than 3½ g* on both plane and pilot through most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 1, 1960 | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

Even rather simple computing machines, Wiener pointed out, act much faster than humans and with much more precision. "This means that although they are theoretically subject to human criticism, such criticism may be ineffective until a time long after it is relevant. By the very slowness of our human activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Views of Life | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

Marriage Revealed. Nora Kaye (real name: Nora Koreff), 38, American Ballet Theater's dramatic ballerina, who has made modern ballet's earthy heroines her own, brought grace and precision to classical roles as well; and Herbert Ross, 33, choreographer of sex-swept ballets (Tristan, Metamorphoses) and nightclub acts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

In his pre-take-off message, the President of the U.S. spoke with quiet precision of the reason for his eleven-nation, 22,370-mile global mission.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: One Man's Purpose | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

¶ Army's injury-ridden backs were finally hale and hearty and the bettors made Navy's outweighed midshipmen 7-point underdogs before the kickoff in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium. But right from the start, Navy drove home its blocks with clean precision, turned loose darting, stubby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 7, 1959 | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

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