Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Oswald was not really a very good marksman, yet his shooting on that day would have required remarkable skill: two direct hits on a moving target in less than six seconds with a rifle that had a defective scope. In the Marines, he scored only one point above the lowest ranking in one competition. When expert riflemen test-fired the weapon later, none could match Oswald's speed and accuracy...
...Cooperative Research was engaged in studying the potential effectiveness of crop-killing agents and man-disabling chemicals was not much of a secret on the Philadelphia campus. File cabinets in the institute's offices have impressive combination locks, but the institute's annual reports outline the scope of the work in general terms, and such code names for specific projects as "Summit" and "Spicerack" are commonly heard on campus. The university has also been candid about the fact that roughly one-fourth of its annual $100 million in operating funds comes from research contracts and grants, although...
...occasion of Cleveland's 50th anniversary, Lee looked like a Caesar back from the pillage of some artistic Carthage. Presiding at a candlelit banquet for 275 guests and trustees, he displayed a trophy case filled with 159 new acquisitions, valued at some $5,000,000. For sheer size, scope-and elegant rapacity -the booty was unparalleled in U.S. museum history...
While the impact of our major stories, such as the cover and Essay, are well known, even we were somewhat surprised at the scope of the reaction to that 100-line story in the Education section. "Nothing has ever happened to Miles," says President Lucius Pitts, "that was as beneficial as the article in TIME" Soon after the story appeared, Miles began receiving contributions from all over the world. Kenneth Montgomery, a Chicago attorney, was so moved by the school's plight that he sent Pitts a check for $15,000. Residents of Bombay, India, raised...
...These would be available to candidates for state-wide office, the General Court and for the Senate and House of Representatives. They would be graded in size in accordance with the importance and regional scope of the office and should be substantial -- perhaps $500,000 for a candidate for the governorship or Senate down to $1000 for a member of the Legislature...