Word: sectional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stevenson asserted, "Too much of the press is occupied with entertainment. The press, however, reflects what the people want. It is a cross section of what...
Ruts 2 & 11. In Baltimore, the TV section of the Sun listed, for the same hour on the same night on different channels: "The Texan (Bill Langley is pursued for a crime committed by an outlaw who resembles him. With Rory Calhoun. Film.)" and "Restless Gun (Vint Bonner is pursued for a crime committed by an outlaw who resembles him. With John Payne. Film...
...approve or disapprove of the way Eisenhower is handling his job as President?" In response to this standard Gallup poll question, a nationwide cross section of U.S. citizens contradicted the Democratic image of a declining and increasingly unpopular President. In the Gallup sampling reported this week, 59% approved and 26% disapproved (15% had no opinion...
...blockhouse, Debus listened as the clipped argot of the missilemen's countdown came over the loudspeaker: "Telemetry-on. Radar beacon-on. DOVAP*-on." Hundreds of men both in and out of the blockhouse were doing thousands of things. The rocket itself had come awake. In its guidance section, a gyroscopically stabilized platform was accurately aligned with the intended course. When the rocket rose into the sky, the platform would keep steady in space, allowing the rocket's computer brain to steer by it as if it were both a compass and a horizon...
...string section has become more solid, and the intonation continues to improve. The main faults are an over-weighty bass, and a tendency to lose intensity on the sustained notes. A less pronounced and biting attack on each note would have supplied a smoother legato, particularly in the opening Purcell Overture, which was otherwise very satisfactory in tone...