Word: successively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite the near-perfect record of Apollo space flights, many feared the perils of the journey. In houses of worship around the U.S., clerics and laymen prayed for the astronauts' success. At St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Boston, the four brothers of Patricia Finnegan Collins, wife of Astronaut Mike Collins, heard Father John Schatzel read from Genesis: "I will be with you and protect you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land." In Neil Armstrong's home town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, the Rev. Herman J. Weber prayed at St. Paul...
...prospects for man's first leap into the solar system will surely be enhanced by the success of such unmanned missions. Not only will they prove the feasibility of interplanetary travel, but they will help arouse the public support necessary for such journeys. To be sure, Americans will continue to agonize over the cost of the program -which NASA says will come to no more than .5% to 1% of the gross national product (currently running at $900 billion) a year. And the question of priorities will remain relevant as long as such earthly imperfections as poverty and pollution...
...take-over itself took about 45 seconds. It occurred at 6:30 in the morning and was a tactical success. The eight buildings were held for two weeks, during which time classes were held within the new University of Harlem, as it was renamed. It was reported that one undercover policeman was discovered by the Security Division of the University of Harlem and was dealt with accordingly (poor fellow...
...broadcasters' decision reflected their feeling that Government controls were not far off. For all its success in the House, the tobacco bill faces some difficult hurdles in the Senate, where anti-smoking sentiment is stronger. Senate cigarette foes, in fact, promise either to pass a tougher law or do nothing-and thus allow the regulatory agencies to impose almost any rules they please. Understandably, N.A.B. officials had been working on their blackout proposal for some time, and their announcement last week came soon after Utah Democrat Frank Moss, head of the Senate Consumer Subcommittee, sent telegrams advising them that...
...larger study done this January, Cohen advertised for subjects through newspapers, radio and TV. He received around 325 replies from people with acrophobia, public speaking anxiety, and claustrophobia. He then treated 48 of the acrophobiacs with apparent success, although the results have not yet been thoroughly analyzed...