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...enemy ICBM at long range some time after it has been launched, calculates its path, and then passes the missile track along to the less powerful but much more complex MSR (missile site radar). MSR then directs two types of ABMs against the incoming warheads. The long-range Spartan is designed to make an intercept above the atmosphere, at altitudes between 200 and 400 mi. The smaller Sprint would seek out and destroy warheads that penetrated the Spartan screen by intercepting them within 40 miles of the target...
...critics of his rugby style as well. In one pileup, a voice from the heap underneath Charles was heard imploring: "Oh, get off me, Fatty!" Academically, he was an average student, and in 1962 it was time to follow Prince Philip's path once again, this time to a spartan Scottish public school...
These elements could then be put through integrated trials while flight-testing of the Spartan and Sprint missiles continues elsewhere...
...local scene things have been changed too. The Harvard Square Theatre was the University Theatre or the "U.T." then. Cronin's has moved, but it is still as Spartan in its decor and as packed as ever. Jim's Place is gone and so is the Yard of Ale. "The Square didn't have a good restaurant then and it still doesn't," Leland said. The most poignant change seemed to be that Lowell Lecture Hall is now called by its proper name. Twenty-five years ago it was the New Lecture Hall...
...meeting place for heads of state. At this time of year, the heat and humidity are almost unbearable. Overfriendly gooney birds create a hazard by flocking to greet incoming aircraft. Limited facilities bar a prolonged palaver-unless the visitors are willing to bunk down in a spartan Navy barracks...