Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Exquisite Precision. More than pride is involved in the accomplishment of a pinpoint landing. If Intrepid touches down too far from its target crater, Conrad and Bean may not have enough oxygen in their back-up life-support packs for the planned walk to the Surveyor spacecraft. An inaccurate landing would also affect plans for next spring's scheduled Apollo 13 visit to a highlands area near Crater Fra Mauro. Before as tronauts risk landing in such a rugged area, NASA officials must be convinced that a lunar module can be set down on a selected segment...
...effective use of the gas. The kids couldn't stay together. There were only thirteen arrests. The radicals who had hoped for an explosion and Attorney General Mitchell, who was also looking for confrontation, could only find a few broken store windows on Connecticut Avenue to point to with pride. The police made both the militants and Mitchell look stupid...
...encouraging to think that, in all probabilit, one will be successful. The Quakers gained 11 yards on the ground last weekend, and if they can duplicate that feat today, then maybe even the Lions could win or tie, or what have you. Penn, on pride...
...Gargaliani standards." He was a notary public, which carried legal duties and status in 19th century Greece. "But during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13," recalls Andreas, "there was a financial crisis." Without a trace of self-pity, Andreas explains that "though the family was financially broken, our pride and honor kept us from making crooked deals. Therefore we are poor...
Last year in Texas, 44 paintings in the collection of Dallas Oilman Algur Hurtle Meadows turned out to be phonies. Most duped collectors are usually so sore in their pride that they say nothing or try to recoup quietly. Others, who have unwittingly donated forgeries to museums for big tax write-offs, discover that discretion is the better part of value. Not A. H. Meadows. After publicly calling himself "Mr. Sap," he pressed charges. Investigations led to the discovery of one of the most successful art swindles in modern history...