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...Agena's problems began 368 seconds after launch. At that moment, precisely on schedule, fuming nitric acid fuel began spraying into the rocket's thrust chamber, followed a few milliseconds later by the oxidizer, unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine. Somehow, too much fuel entered the chamber ahead of the oxidizer. The result was a "hard start" of the Agena's engine, similar to the backfire that occurs when gasoline and air ignite prematurely in an automobile engine...
...Even Dirksen accepted the thrust of the decision by arguing that one body of a state legislature be based strictly on population," he said...
...interplay of a neurotic count's daughter and her sadistic butler lover baring their psyches for two hours is about as static as an opera can get without freezing right in its tracks. To give it life and thrust, music of explosive lyric power and sweep was needed. Rorem, a conservative composer who scorns the avant-garde ("They are all writing the same piece"), provided instead a score that is largely music-to-probe-the-subconscious-by-moody, groaning, occasionally dissonant. The few lighter moments-a duet between two village lovers, the chorus celebrating the festival of Midsummer...
Although the thrust of its campaign was toward overhauling Boston's archaic educational practices and facilities, the Citizens group tamely advocated compliance with the new Massachusetts Racial Imbalance Bill. This law, passed in July, requires local school boards to submit by November 22 plans to eliminate non-white majorities in any given school...
Still, his throwing won't he enough to defeat the Big Red. Cornell has a big, touch offensive line, and should be putting heat on Hall all afternoon. Now that quarterback Marty Sponaugle is healthy again, Cornell should have enough offensive thrust to score a two-touchdown victory...