Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will come from the ground which will determine whether the vehicle is pointing correctly stern-first so the Astronaut can take the deceleration of re-entry with his back to the force. Following that, another signal from the ground will cause his small retrorockets to fire, thereby reducing the speed and causing the vehicle to plunge. It will crash into the earth's atmosphere like a stone into water, creating a sudden shock to both vehicle and man. The forward parts of the vehicle will be heated to an extremely high level. The heat will not reach...
Bruce K. Chapman '62, secretary of the Students for Rockefeller, said yesterday that the group anticipates a bandwagon movement for Rockefeller to gather speed "by Christmas at the latest." Mark K. Adams '60, chairman of the group, predicted that its greatest activity would take place next year...
Peter Sachs drove a '57 stock Chevrolet to victory in a long, four-hour sports car rally sponsored by Yale last Sunday. Navigated by Grey Jones, the Harvard car compiled only 312 points in the event by keeping closest to an average speed which varied but was usually...
...event it was necessary for Jones to keep speed times accurate to tenths of miles per hour. The rally course began on Route 15 near Hartford, and led south through New Haven...
Despite intermittent rain, the playing field was in surprisingly fine condition, though poorly marked off and too narrow for the Crimson backs to show off their superior speed. Many times a runner, almost in the clear as he sliced around the opponents' wing, would be forced out of bounds into the milling throng of spectators...