Word: reachings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three American astronauts on man's first attempt to set foot on the surface of another celestial body. If the bold attempt is successful, the journey will be remembered as long as the human race endures. It will open a new age of exploration, one that may ultimately reach to the outer limits of the solar system and even to the stars beyond...
...overwhelming retaliatory strike even if the Soviets did wipe out most of the U.S. ICBMs? No one knows for sure. Some of the remaining ICBMs might misfire. The B-52s and B-58s are vulnerable to Soviet fighters and antiaircraft missiles; many of them probably would not reach their targets. Laird hints at Soviet antisubmarine warfare developments that may seriously threaten the Polaris submarine fleet in a few years. Further, he says that Moscow is developing an advanced ABM that could be more effective than its present Galosh system...
...their beat, melody and style of delivery. Some hollers were based on familiar hymn tunes, like Amazing Grace or What a Friend We Have in Jesus. Still others sounded like coyotes baying at the moon. The hollerer had to focus his tone sharply, like a diva trying to reach the upper balcony. To do this, some hollerers relied on a yodeling style in which every note was sung twice, a vibrating octave or so apart. A holler could be used to report distress, or good news-the recovery of a sick mule, the completion of spring plowing, the arrival...
...more spartan approach to motor camping is offered by some of the smaller companies, which together share about 9% of the recreational truck market. International Harvester and Kaiser Jeep sell rugged vehicles that can carry sleeping bags and campers into country so rough that it is beyond the reach of the trucks. In the future, this may become an important selling point because more accessible camping grounds are becoming as clotted as expressways on the Fourth of July...
When the beeps broadcast trouble, the general decides to fire his ultimate weapon - Hathaway. Will Hathaway blow his mind, or will he reach the Rus sian border before the Red Guard clos es in? The grim countdown begins...