Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trusters last week were pruning whole sections out of the five-year plan. Instead of 8,000,000 new jobs, the planners now hope to create a mere 5,000,000. Instead of an increase of 15 million tons in grain production, they now hope for 10 million-far short of enough to keep pace with India's 5,000,000 yearly births. Power and electricalequipment projects have been dropped. To save foreign exchange, the government has slapped strict import controls on luxury goods. Despite these measures, the huge Rihand hydroelectric dam in Uttar Pradesh stands useless for lack...
Lodes in the Veld. Ernest Oppenheimer went to South Africa in 1902 as a diamond buyer for a London firm. He was short (5 ft. 4 in.), and diffident in manner. But he went quickly and quietly about the business of learning how to mine on the veld and deal with figures in the office. Ten years later, the citizens of Kimberley, home of five of the world's greatest diamond mines, elected him mayor...
...much better will be needed for exploring the moon or for climbing around, science-fiction fashion, outside a spaceship or inhabited satellite. The present suit has no joints in its arms or legs, and so it has little flexibility when inflated. Since it is meant to be worn for short periods only, there are no provisions for taking food, and no latrine facilities. Little attempt has been made to protect the wearer against the fierce temperature effects of empty space. If he were exposed to full sunlight in a vacuum, he would probably fry on one side and freeze solid...
...developed a bolognoid scent when someone remembered that she had sung a year and a half ago with an outfit called the Dream Weavers. While Paar clutched his wounds. Trish grabbed a recording contract with Decca. She might hit the big time, with the help of a cute nickname (short for Patricia), a fine nose for publicity and a sentimental, "There's-a-tree-in-the-meadow" kind of voice. Her first record, Far Away, a sugary lament for vagrant love, is sure to be mooned over by teen-agers on the outs with their steadies...
...Hero? A blond bull who packs 214 Ibs. on his short-necked, 6-ft. frame, Pitt Alumnus Schmidt is a quiet, serious competitor. He works hard at keeping in shape (a habit that makes him something of an exception among the rowdy Lions), and in five years of pro ball has shown a remarkable talent for holding onto his looks. "Ever since the Philadelphia Eagles broke my nose in 1953," says Joe modestly, "I've worn a face guard. Not that I've got any beauty to lose-but why be a hero...