Word: rocketeers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Khrushchev's Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko added the Kremlin's characteristic rocket-rattling buildup for such a diplomatic mission. Said Gromyko: West Berlin is a threat to the peace, and if the West should try to force its way through a Berlin blockade, "the flames of war would inevitably spread to the American continent, for today's military techniques have virtually eliminated the difference between distant theaters of war and those close at hand...
...pressure at the pressure points, the Pentagon gained new important experience in the actual practice of cold war on both its fighting and its psychological fronts. The Army put up the U.S.'s first Explorer space satellites. The Air Force sent a lunar-probe rocket 80,000 miles toward the moon, at year's end fired one Atlas intercontinental missile 4,000 miles, another the full distance of 6,300 miles, still another into orbit, brought the Thor IRBM into the training stage and the hands of combat troops. The Navy sent the nuclear submarine Nautilus under...
...Rocket Passes Moon...
Richard's own brand of hockey contains not so much finesse, as it does sheer drive and, occasionally, just brute force. Canadiens fans still recall fondly the game in the 1945-46 season when the Rocket charged on the Detroit goal in a solo dash. Barring his way was Earl Seibert, a rugged, 225-lb. defenseman. Richard bent low, collided with Seibert, kept his feet, made the goal one-handed, with Seibert still spraddled atop his shoulders...
Some opponents frankly think that Richard's ferocity borders on the manic. Says Gordie Howe: "He sure acts funny at times. Just where do you draw that line between being colorful and being punchy?" But the Rocket, bearing down on opposing defensemen, is still one of hockey's great sights. Says the Canadiens' Executive Frank Selke Jr.: "Richard sets off a chain reaction whenever he gets the puck, even if it's just a routine pass. It's strange and wonderful, the way that he communicates with the crowd." Explains the Rocket simply: "I hate...