Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Until the '60s. If the U.S. had an adequate space program, the next step would be to remedy the trouble with the nose fairing and try again. But the shocking fact is that the U.S. has no more Atlas-Able rockets available for trying again. All the Atlases allotted to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have already been assigned to other urgent space programs, and NASA has no spare funds to order additional Atlases. The bigger space vehicles that NASA has under development will not be ready for launching for more than a year: Vega (Atlas plus upper...
Last week another small step was taken. It was not even a difficult one, yet neither was it a totally insignificant one. By agreeing to a conference of experts on the problem of detecting underground explosions the Russians gave definite indication that they do desire a treaty permanently halting nuclear tests...
...Step. Kittinger ran down the final items on his checklist (e.g., disconnect electrical connections), then rose heavily from his seat. He faced the opening in the gondola and, as he says, "stepped out the door...
...first, the Giants did not quite know what to do with him; at 230 Ibs., he seemed a little too light for the defensive line, a step too slow for offensive guard. But in the third game of the season, the Giants' middle linebacker was hurt, and Sam Huff got the job. He has been behind the Giants' line ever since...
...greeting cards. The venture almost died as soon as it started; Hall was $17,000 in debt when a flash fire wiped out his printing plant. Luckily, he was able to sweet-talk a local bank into an unsecured $25,000 loan, and he has not taken a step back since. By the late 19303, Hallmark was one of the top three cards...