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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, who was in charge of the Air Force ballistic-missile program, was bitter in his memory of the tri-service rocket development that led the Army, Navy and Air Force to compete more for headlines against one another than for technological superiority over the Russians. Said Gardner: "We have presently at least nine ballistic-missile programs, all competing for roughly the same kind of facilities, the same kind of brains, the same kind of engines and the same public attention." Among the loudest of the critics were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: The Race to Come | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...Saigon, government officials thought the Devil King was too well equipped with rifles, mortars and ammunition of mortal make, suspected that the real Devil King was a former Communist guerrilla chieftain named Muoi Tri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: The Devil King | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

...NCAA question was thrown completely into the air by St. Lawrence's victory over Clarkson on Wednesday night, one thing is eminently clear. The varsity, although in the end it may prove to be a vain effort, must come through with a very convincing victory tonight. If R.P.I., the Tri-State hockey champion, is selected, the question will then be, who is better: Clarkson, the Larries, or the varsity. This will be up to the selection committee and it is then up to the Crimson to convince them tonight...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Sextet To Face Yale, Needs Strong Victory | 3/9/1957 | See Source »

...room, $23,000 clinic, the finest in the area, financed by gifts from grateful patients and summer visitors. There were plenty of speeches, but after the ceremony Dr. Heath could hardly wait to celebrate in his usual fashion when something makes him particularly happy-he dances his Tri-Pacer over the blue waters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Amphibious Doctor | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...Juan Islands, he soon learned, make no place for a 9-to-5 practice. To make emergency calls anywhere in the 200-sq.-mi. archipelago, Heath took flying lessons, bought a Piper Tri-Pacer. He keeps cars at Friday Harbor and Eastsound, and a third at Bellingham, where he takes his more serious cases for hospital treatment. He also added a 20-ft. cabin cruiser to his transport fleet, painted it shocking pink for easy visibility. He makes it a point to leave word of his whereabouts-even on his rare fishing trips-so that local pilots can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Amphibious Doctor | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

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