Word: targets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surface. At 1,500-mile range, such positioning becomes tremendously important to the missile's accuracy. Even under ideal launching conditions, missile men admit an intermediate missile is unlikely to hit closer than a quarter of a mile from the bull's-eye. If determinations of the target's direction and the ship's position are slightly off, the error can be disastrously larger. What makes the problem particularly difficult on shipboard is that the launching platform is continually moving...
Syria's main target at present is Iraq. Under strongly pro-Western King Faisal II, and Premier Nuri el-Said, Iraq has pursued a policy of opposing Soviet infiltration in the Middle East. She is, however, not entirely pro-West, as was demonstrated last Saturday when Faisal spoke of "beloved Egypt" and regretted her "present woes." There are Iraqui elements which are far more Kremlin-inclined than Faisal or el-Said, and which would ally Iraq with the Syrian and Egyptian camps if they could gain power. Some observers sense a gradual anti-West drift in Iraq...
Though the current crop of novels and plays may not be right on target, Lynn argues that authors approach their task with an inquiring and often sympathetic mind. Even the barbed humor in such plays as The Solid Gold Cadillac is aimed at the funny bone rather than the jugular. As General Bullmoose, a tycoon's tycoon, says wistfully in the new musical comedy Li'l Abner: "Ever since I was a child, I had a dream. And all that simple child wanted was to get his hands on all the money in the world before the Greatest...
...most of their breaks, picked up 15 enemy fumbles, turned nine of them into scores. In between, they fielded a fast, shifty, single-wing offense, built around the talents of Quarterback Johnny Majors. His unerring quick kicks became a sharp offensive weapon; his passes were almost always on target. On rollout, run-pass option plays he gave the best defense fits. His pixyish, mincing gait was faster than it looked, and he proved to be one of those rare backs who can run in one direction and fire a pass in the other without breaking stride...
...definite announcement or target date was enumerated in the committees' report, but a recommendation was made that Princeton consult with its undergraduates and with officials at other colleges about the possibilities of altering its living arrangements...