Word: strictly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scientists were less pessimistic. They emphasized that because Russia was still operating behind a curtain of secrecy, no one outside the Soviet Union could really gauge the scientific accomplishment of the two-man mission. The Russians did not announce the launchings until the capsules were in orbit, and kept strict control over all information. They did not reveal the size of either capsule, as they had done for the Gagarin and Titov flights,- and the names of the rocket designer and standby cosmonauts were not disclosed...
...brick looming above the trees. "When I was Gover nor they asked me if Winston Churchill could come down and visit. He wanted to see the battlefields. The only trouble was that when he got there, they told me he drank a quart of brandy a day. It was strict Prohibition, and I never had al lowed any in the mansion. I called up a fellow who I thought might be able to get it and said, 'John, I'm in a hell of a fix. I need you to deliver a quart of brandy to the kitchen...
...prevent wild swings in the prices, the six major producing nations are joined with 14 consuming countries in the International Tin Council. The I.T.C. was able to moderate the Russian dumping by enforcing strict output quotas on its members and by putting pressure on Moscow, which is reluctant to insult the politically sensitive producing nations. But the I.T.C. is not a very toothy dragon because the U.S., which accounts for 23% of the world's annual tin consumption of 215,000 tons, refuses to join on the grounds that the I.T.C. smacks too much of an international cartel. Last...
Like most Negro church services here, NAACP meetings usually get underway about 45 minutes late. They are usually held in a formally arranged church meeting hall, which permits a fairly strict adherence to parlimentary order. Even the most trivial decisions must be moved, seconded, and then voted upon...
...framed the chorale set with two unhackneyed examples of the favorite Baroque practice of juxtaposing a free and a strict form: the Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor and the Prelude and Fugue in B Minor. The latter fugue is a fine specimen of the many Bach fugues that are first-rate works wrought from an unpromising theme. Bach disproved the maxim, Ex nihilo nihil...