Word: properity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knob to the left, automatically firing two thrusters that rotate AMU counterclockwise around its own axis. To move backwards, he will pull back on the left control knob and activate forward-firing thrusters. If an astronaut has to use both hands for other jobs, he will move into the proper atti tude, then throw a stabilizer switch and use his AMU's gyro-controlled stabilizer system to "park" in space...
...were based on false charges by AP that Walker "assumed command" of a mob of 1,000 people and "led a charge" against U.S. marshals. If Walker had been charged only with "encouraging riots," the verdicts would be improper. Under the facts, as proved in court, the verdicts were proper. Moreover, Walker is not a "segregationist...
...most propitious hour to make it, le grand Charles called radio and television crews into the Elysee Palace's Salle des Fetes two hours before that. Then, for eight minutes, he spoke forcefully and eloquently into the cameras and microphones. After an instant replay to assure that the proper grandeur had been captured, De Gaulle drank a champagne toast with the 25 technicians, then ordered them not to leave the premises until broadcast time-to ensure that the decision would not leak in advance...
...many a modern dying, there is no moment of death at all. Without realizing the momentous thing that is happening to them, patients are eased into the long, final coma. No matter how humane and sensible, this does raise the question of when and whether it is proper to "deprive a person of his death...
...films we showed were a series of Walt Disney cartoons designed to convey certain essentials of hygienes the need for clean houses and courts, the importance of latrines, proper care of food and water. With a portable generator mounted in a truck we were able to bring the films to villages, in addition to a number of showings in the town of Aboville. Excellent as the films were, however, their success, was limited. In the typical village nine out of ten people have never seen a movie, and are so taken with the physical image on the screen that...