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Word: uncomfortingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...space officials steadfastly deny that the U.S. is racing with the Russians to land the first men on the moon, all of the planning and practicing has been carried out with one eye on the Soviet space effort. NASA officials-as well as the rest of the world-are uncomfort ably aware of the huge psychological difference between first and second place in the moon race. U.S. space officials first greeted last month's pioneering flight of Russia's Zond 5 with a mixture of admiration, envy and chagrin, certain that it was a prelude to an imminent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Chance to Be First | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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