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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nation's defenses. In Moscow Nikita Khrushchev, in his latest ploy of missile oneupmanship, boasted that the U.S.S.R. now had assembly-line production of intercontinental ballistic missiles with pinpoint accuracy "to any part of the globe." In Washington President Eisenhower scoffed politely, said that U.S. missile progress was "remarkable" and "going forward as rapidly as possible. I think it is a matter for pride on the part of America, and not a constant-well, hangdog attitude of humiliation...
...danger that Soviet progress in antiaircraft missiles will cancel out SAC's power has been largely overcome by U.S. progress in air-to-ground missiles, which will enable bombers to fire at targets hundreds of miles away. Most promising: the 500-mile nuclear Hound Dog. Under development are new Hound Dog versions with ranges up to 1,000 miles...
...money this Government has made in a long time." Estimated cost to the U.S.: $3,600,000, about one dollar per expected visitor. Said Ike at a luncheon meeting with the project's advisory committee: he hoped that the exhibition would "show the people of Russia the progress the U.S. is making and its desire to live in peace...
...lover not of antiquarianism but of genuine gaslit charm and hedge-hid privacy, Poet Betjeman despises planned progress: I have a Vision of the Future, chum...
...this progress seems to lack any clear objective beyond that of maintaining Harvard's high academic standing and standards. And while this is an undeniably praiseworthy goal, it does not embody any vital or constructive concept of the purpose of a Harvard College education...