Word: successful
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SPUTNIK : The success of the Soviet satellite, followed as it was by a mighty surge of Russian propaganda, made neces sary a re-examination of free-world technological progress. It has long been a cardinal aim of British foreign policy to share in U.S. nuclear secrets; Harold Macmillan would push hard for such a sharing, and in the Sputnik era there seemed a fair chance that the U.S. Congress would at last approve. On a broader basis, President Eisenhower has long felt the need for an overall pooling of NATO scientific talent. At the White House dinner for Elizabeth...
...line will have to rush passer Bradley hard and at the same time be ready to stop the running attack out of the "V" formation. Shaunessy will call the signals on defense as he has done so capably all year and much of the responsibility of the Crimson's success will rest with him. At the ends captain Tom Hooper and John Copeland will attempt to cut down on weaknesses which have been evident in the end work on opposition pass plays during the past few games. Stu Hershon and Warren Huff will probably see a good deal of action...
...success of Sputnik has given rise to a tremendous number of proposals, indictments, and disclaimers--and a great deal of confusion. J. Allen Hynek, Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, is one of the few responsible leaders to realize the satellite's implications and make a constructive suggestion. He proposes that a Secretary of Science be added to the Cabinet...
Sweet Smell of Success. The rat-rat-tattling of a megalomaniac Broadway columnist and his fawning hatchetman; with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis cracking whiplash dialogue (TIME, June...
...falls victim to a mysterious bureaucratic runaround. Months and years pass in a silence punctuated only by official notifications: "It is not considered possible . . ." "Your complaint has been forwarded to . . ." Occasionally Comrade Lopatkin is summoned for discussion, is shunted from one official to another. Repeatedly he comes close to success only to be tossed into the street again. Gaunt, shabby, despairing, Lopatkin struggles on, ignoring hints and muttered warnings, until one day he finds himself sentenced to eight years in a labor camp. "It was as though he had been thrown overboard into the sea at night, while the brightly...