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...intractable makes it a powerful and efficient rocket fuel. For use in rockets, liquid hydrogen is changed to its gaseous state, mixed with an oxydizing agent and ignited. Its explosive energy is greater per unit of weight than that of any other fuel now in use: one-third more thrust for each pound of liquid hydrogen than for the same weight of kerosene-oxygen fuels. "The difference in performance of liquid hydrogen over any other rocket fuel," says Norman C. Reuel of North American Aviation's Rocketdyne division, "represents the difference between man orbiting the earth and getting...
...launch was a solid success - a good, clean lift-off galvanized by 2.4 million Ibs. of thrust from twin solid-fuel boosters. The Titan IIIC resembled three huge bullet-nosed flashlights standing side by side. The 127-ft. center rocket was a souped-up version of the liquid-fueled Titan II that boosted Gemini astronauts on two successful shots. Strapped on to each side were two 85-ft. rockets, each one containing five 39-ton solid-fuel segments stacked one on top of the other. Within three-tenths of a second of ignition, the two solid-fuel boosters reached their...
...search for Communists extended to Harvard. The University, acting on a long tradition of academic freedom, held firm against the general craze to find subversive scapegoats and against the particular abuses of Senator McCarthy. Vital questions were thrust upon the University regarding the ambiguous figure of Wendell H. Furry, associate professor of Physics, at a time of uncertainty caused by the resignation of President Conant. Harvard's action in the Furry case, its support of the scholar's right to political independence at a time when the national desire for blood letting was at its height, was a turning point...
Andrew Johnson, argues Stampp, was a class-conscious Jacksonian. He nourished the self-made man's hate of the aristocratic planter class. This gave him a superficial bond of allegiance to the Radicals. But Johnson wished to thrust the poor Southern whites upward, and cared not a whit for the Negroes. When Johnson's aim became clear, many Republicans thought they had been betrayed and turned against him. Johnson's difficulties with the Congress multiplied when, through his ineptness, the planter class, not the yoemanry, gained ascendence in the Southern states. The aristocrats proceeded to enact the Black Codes, stripping...
...reportedly telling all about their jaunts to Europe and the Caribbean but denying any knowledge of Sam's gangland affairs. And she kept right on chattering to reporters saying that "my family is heartbroken," and indicating that Sam is still her man. At last Lawyer Edward Bennet Williams thrust her firmly into a cab with a crisp "Phyllis, for God's sake, let me do the talking...