Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Captain Gralla and his crew spectacularly beat the odds. The weather was foul for all three shots-in the third, Norton Sound was hidden from her escorts by a snowstorm-but the rocketmanship and the seamanship were superb. Each countdown, with 60 Navy and civilian technicians briskly at work, took six hours. Minutes before firing, rocketmen removed the heated blanket draped around the bird to keep electrical relays from freezing up. Then they took cover, while the firing officer waited until the ship was at the right degree of pitch and roll to enable the rocket...
...Farnsworth recomended a waiting period of four to six weeks between the first two innoculations, and a third injection, six months to a year later, and the final innoculation a year after the third. He emphasized that a complete series is necessary for full protection...
...president after another complains that "student apathy--incredible indifference--is our biggest problem," but none mentioned that this apathy itself is a curious compound. One part is Harvard's way of frowning on enthusiasm; another is the helpless feeling one gets when confronting today's complex issues; and a third is the convenient rationalization that there are no great issues left...
George Harrington will be the Crimson's second baseman, Shepard continued, and Mouse Kasargian will be back for another year at short. The third base spot will go either to Jerry Sullivan or to Chet Boulris, previously known to Cambridge only in the capacity of football-player...
...poll showed that a reshuffling of House popularity rankings has taken place this year. Eliot dropped from first to third place, while Adams moved up from fourth to second...