Word: shielding
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Craving Coordination. Although the U.S. is totally committed to the nuclear defense of Western Europe, the French do not consider the commitment foolproof. Should there be a limited Russian attack on Western Europe, U.S. strategy calls for NATO's conventional "shield forces" to resist, thereby providing a "pause"during which the U.S. and its Allies can decide what to do. The French claim they fear that the U.S. might then decide to save its main force for the moment when the U.S. itself is attacked...
...Normally, the automatic control system is supposed to tilt the capsule into the proper position for firing the retro-rockets-the blunt heat shield end of the capsule pointing 34° above the horizon. But Carpenter felt that the automatic system was working badly; he decided to fly the capsule into the correct position by a combination of the manual and fly-by-wire controls...
...more endearing fixtures of the Saarinen design are the four plazas which will adjoin the building. Two courtyards to be enclosed by the new structure with the aid of already existing buildings will shield the libraries and most of the student rooms. The terrace to the rear of the two colleges will be partly enclosed by trees and other shrubbery and partly by other buildings. The front terrace will be open to the street though the student rooms themselves will be largely protected by several clusters of trees. If further expansion of the university becomes desirable this final terrace will...
...into stages, this information told U.S. scientists little that they had not already calculated for themselves. The same was true of Titov's revelation that, against instructions, he left the Vostok II's portholes uncovered during re-entry and saw flame and molten material from the heat shield wash over them. His predecessor, Yuri Gagarin, had done the same thing. Titov also disclosed, not very informatively, that he had controlled his craft himself during two of his 17 orbits...
...been expelled from two high schools, in World War II led the fast-moving 9th Division through North Africa and Sicily, subsequently took the XIIth Corps across the Rhine and as Commander, U.S. Army in Europe, rebuilt the occupation army in Germany into a mainstay of NATO's shield; of a heart attack; at Fort Benning...