Word: rams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second Chinese push was lighter than the first. Instead of the two-pronged offensive which they used the last time, they tried to ram through U.N. lines at one point; U.N. officers in Korea speculated that the Chinese might try to follow through with a series of such one-punch attacks. No one in Korea doubted that the Chinese would try again. But the basic situation-Chinese hurling masses of manpower against relentless U.N. firepower-would not change, unless the Reds decide to commit their air force...
Brain Problem. Missilemen feel that the propulsion question is now near its solution. Modern rocket motors are already powerful enough for most practical purposes and ram-jets are coming along. Guidance is a deeper problem. It is comparatively easy to design electronic senses and brains that will enable a missile to do almost anything, but building them so they will work dependably is another matter. Many a missile has misbehaved because of the failure of a 50? electric relay. "That bird cost $100,000," the missilemen say. "It should have cost...
...first "for keeps" test of air delivery began with the May 5 issue in 1941 when the spread of World War II was making hemispheric trade and defense more important than ever before. In fact, the editors had already picked for the cover story Argentina's President Ramón S. Castillo, then tackling the problem of his country's blocked trade to Europe. Twenty thousand copies of this issue, printed on special light paper, were flown by Pan American Clippers to Latin American cities...
...mountains around Devil's Valley, a torrential rain poured from the skies. He waited 48 hours for the downpour to stop, then abandoned the mission. Tnbesmen, deciding that perhaps the old queen has what it takes after all were heard to mutter: "Mujaji has put up a ram curtain to stop the white man." The queen seemed safe once more-at least while it rained...
...Yardlings trounced the Ram freshman 116 2/3 to 23 1/3, Pete Dow won both dashes, Gil Murray the discus and shot put (bettering the varsity margin in the latter), and John Walecka took the hammer, finishing second in both the discus and shot put. Ed Maguire was victorious in the mile in the good freshman time...