Word: targeting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...office of the U.S. presidency is becoming a target at which all manner of men are taking potshots, helter-skelter. I see inherent in all this a cancerous growth that could spread and stifle the true spirit of Americanism-which embodies constructive criticism, yes, but which also is based on sober consideration, mutual understanding and due respect for another person's judgment...
...Ethan Allen patrols the North Atlantic, this automatic navigation system constantly feeds position readings into the guidance system of all 16 missiles. At every dip and turn of the sub, its missile brains know the ship's location, local vertical, true North, target location and trajectory to be flown. In this underseas base, the countdown is always...
...happening, they squinted into 36 million miles of space, out into the vicinity of Venus, where for the first time in history a man-made space traveler was cruising into range. A gold and gleaming machine, sporting angular purple wings and unblinking electronic eyes, was swooping toward its target. Mariner II was giving earthbound scientists their first close look at the distant planet that has tugged so long at their adventurous imagination. And when Mariner's radioed reports were finally decoded by the JPL crew that had built the spacecraft and sent it on its way, Venus would never...
...scrutinize its target at the end of its long voyage, the spacecraft carried two radiometers, one of them sensitive to radio microwaves, the other to infra-red rays. Each type of radiation behaves differently when passing through clouds or gases; the frequencies were selected to tell as much as possible about the temperature of Venus and the nature of its atmosphere...
...outlet for discontent with the regime Betancourt's government has provoked dissatisfaction among those who think that despite progress in education and land reform, it is not doing enough about basic economic problems, such as unemployment. Corruption is alleged in the bureaucracy, and especially in the police, the natural target of student violence...