Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fully fueled with hypergolic liquids,* the Navy rocket weighs only 700 lbs.; the 1,300-lb. thrust of its engine can easily lift it off the ground. Setting the rocket down gently and upright is a much tougher task. To postpone some of the problems, the Navy flies the rocket up and down a set of vertical cables. This takes care of wobbling and allows the rocket's operators to concentrate on controlling its vertical motion...
...directed at the previous Social Christian Premier, Gaston Eyskens, who pushed through his emergency economic bill-the hated Loi Unique-against the opposition of many of his own followers. With Eyskens gone, the Socialists were ready to compromise, even agreed to accept some of the Loi Unique's tougher provisions, such as an increased sales tax. Stickiest question was whether the Social Christians would agree to the release of the hundreds of Socialistled rioters who had been jailed in the January rioting. No, said Lefèvre, but he appointed a Socialist as Minister of Justice so that paroles...
...Ephmen, previously unbeaten, were highly rated, and the match was tougher than the final score would indicate. Only the first singles and first doubles matches were decided in straight sets...
...standards, says Dean of Students Dr. Edward Stein. "We offer a five-to-ten-year debt and no salary to pay it off with when a student is through school, while industry offers a half to a full salary all the way through school. The result is a tougher, more dedicated kind of student. The bulk of today's students will be better ministers. This is the time to prune, not scoop in everything...
...this was no less than most scientists, including Russians, expected of him. The scientific consensus is that during the early stages of space exploration, instruments will be better explorers than heavy, vulnerable humans, who require tons of supplies and equipment to keep them alive. Instruments are smaller, lighter and tougher than men. They can stand acceleration, shock, vibration, spinning, heat, cold and radiation. Best of all, they do not demand to be brought home alive. They transmit to earth all the information that they have gathered in space: then they die as streaks of fire without reproach or protest...