Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After its big boom in Georgia, the U.S. space program ran afoul of a fizzle in Florida. At Cape Kennedy the three liquid-fuel motors of an Atlas-Centaur rocket ignited on schedule, but the missile that was supposed to toss a dummy Surveyor (soft-landing vehicle) to the moon's orbit, climbed only a few feet before a valve misfunctioned and the rocket fell back on its pad. Thin-walled fuel tanks ruptured, and more than 100 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene burst into flames. The hydrogen-burning second stage added tons of liquid hydrogen...
...revolutions per minute all last week. Inside it, along with a medical officer, were four young volunteer enlisted men who seemed to have nothing more serious to do than loll around in shorts and T shirts, watch TV, phone girl friends downtown, play catch with a tennis ball or toss darts...
...Cronsdale garnered seven big points for the Crimson with a second place in the weight throw behind Cornell's Tom Gage and a solid third place in the shot. Cronsdale's best put measured 54 ft., 9 1/2 in., not far short of Eli Chuck Mercein's winning toss...
Corsetti's winning effort in the weight was 60 ft., 7 in., almost two feet longer than Croasdale's best toss of 58 ft., 8 1/4 in. Croasdale's best put, a 54 ft., 9 3/4 in. heave, was a marked improvement over quite good enough to win. Wallin threw the shot...
...allowed to consult his lawyer. Because the lawyer had previously told him not to talk, however, Danny's confession was ruled voluntary. He was sentenced to 20 years for first-degree murder. The state's highest court also saw the confession as voluntary, and refused to toss it out merely because Danny was denied counsel when he made...