Word: towards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...purpose of accelerator experiments, Livingston says, is to "learn more about nuclear force,' to find out "why certain particles (protons, electrons, neutrons, etc.) are the only stable forms of matter." He believes that this new and unique electron accelerator will accomplish much toward answering these questions...
...lecture, entitled "France's Fifth Republic," Hoffmann, a Frenchman himself, supported the policies of Premier Charles De Gaulle concerning French policy toward Algeria. Hoffmann favored a postponement of a political solution while pushing ahead with a program of "economic and social recognition for the honor of mankind" in the area...
Canada's army, like the R.C.A.F., is in the midst of a historic conversion. Always British-oriented, it is now turning toward the U.S. for a new array of weapons. To start, Canada will buy the U.S. Lacrosse, a highly mobile artillery rocket with pinpoint accuracy, send the first units to Canadian NATO forces in Germany. The army also likes the U.S. Hawk ground-to-air missile for defense against low-flying planes, wants other U.S. missiles for antitank weapons. Eventually, Canada hopes to get nuclear warheads, both for the Lacrosse missile and for the Bomarc interceptor recently adopted...
News of the shift toward the U.S. came clear to Canadians last week, caused more of a stir than the R.C.A.F.'s similar decision (TIME, Oct. 6). Some critics of the new policy complained that Canada is becoming too dependent on the U.S. for military muscle. But there was really no alternative; the U.S. has what Canada need's. Said a Canadian colonel: "Canada will have an army again...
...diameter) rocket driven by a solid propellant. In its nose is a sensing device containing lead sulphide, which is sensitive to infrared radiation from hot objects like the tailpipes of jet engines. When the sensing device "sees" something hot in its 20° field of vision, it turns toward it. The Sidewinder turns too, homing accurately on the hot object. The system is so simple that pilots can use it in combat with scarcely any special training...