Word: unveils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Annual model changes are not merely a tradition with U.S. automakers: for years they have been considered an important ingredient of the industry's sales success. Now, as Detroit begins to unveil its 1970 passenger cars, it is clear that this year's styling changes will be distinguished for their modesty. The proliferation of models in years past, the rising cost of retooling and added emphasis on safety have all contributed to the automakers' reluctance to tamper with last year's line...
...spawned Apollo, and Soviet competition can be expected to spur other U.S. space ventures. Several Russians have recently emerged from a sealed chamber with self-contained life-support systems, after a year-the duration of a manned voyage to Mars. Moreover, NASA officials claim that Soviet scientists may soon unveil a rocket big enough to fly directly from earth to the moon, land and take off again. Such brute-force spacemanship might convince the U.S. that, as Von Braun maintains, "Russia still wants to beat us in space." If that happens, the money spigot would probably open wide again...
...moviemaking, and few want to. "I've still got the same attitude I had when I started," he likes to boast. "I haven't changed anything but my underwear." Therein lies his personal color-and his professional drabness. Is there still a chance for him to unveil his talent? "That would require a lot more exposure of himself," says Actress Polly Bergen. "And he's not sure that he likes what's inside him, which is a shame." Not to Mitchum. Rich, languid, self-hating, self-loving, he can make a claim shared by only...
...colonists so deeply appreciated it that they changed the school's name to honor the donor. And now, having expanded over the years, the present university last week sent 150 alumni, professors and students led by President Kingman Brewster all the way to Wrexham, Wales, to unveil a plaque commemorating the gift made by Elihu Yale...
...then dropped us like the younger sister of a two-bit whore. But there were parts of us they never touched. We had our honor and our price. There were levels of profundity and nuance they could never fathom. So be calm because I'm not about to unveil our mystique here. Probably I had you scared, woried at least that I would attempt to expose our secret. Fear not, I'm no stoolie. And besides the world isn't eady for the real news about us yet. They'll learn...when the time comes...