Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ambassadors." Appalled at this public display of discourtesy, recorded by waiting newsmen, one of Dahanayake's juniors finally persuaded the minister to receive Gluck. Dahanayake reluctantly assented, but bore down hard on his caller. "Mr. Gluck," said the Education Minister, "the embassies here have been of no use to the education needs of this country, and I consider them merely appendages of modern civilization...
...reason for the U.S. defeat in the race toward space is fairly obvious: instead of having the use of big military rockets, U.S. Project Vanguard was forced to depend on the Navy's Viking research rocket, whose thrust is only 27,000 lbs. Even if working perfectly, a Viking is barely strong enough to place a 21½-lb. satellite on its orbit. There is no margin for less-than-perfect performance. The Russians, according to General Blagonravov, used their most powerful rocket to launch the sputnik. Their launching vehicle must have taken off with at least...
...dealing with these various theories, the Friedmans more than once use the methods set forth to prove that William Friedman himself wrote the plays (e.g., in attacking one favorite numerological theory, they show that WM. FRIEDMAN and FRANCIS BACON both equal 100). Through a meticulous study of Elizabethan printing methods, combined with a whole series of highly technical cryptological checks, they also demolish the theories of the late Elizabeth Gallup, who in the '20s and '30s attracted a large following among Baconians. So far as cryptology is concerned, conclude the Friedmans sternly, Shakespeare is still Shakespeare. "We suggest...
Most French Catholics bridled at the Vatican's action. Le Monde spoke of "an authoritarianism which the French momentarily have trouble accepting." But the French bishops formally admitted their errors, issued a statement that, "to avoid all misunderstanding, one will not use the expression 'progressive catechism.' " The Holy Office decided that withdrawal of the catechism would not be necessary, ordered insertions correcting "Formal errors," last week sent stern Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani "to work out a lasting compromise in the vexed question of religious teaching in France...
...Service Boss William R. Milby: More companies should "create a design with service in mind. That means a certain amount of interchangeability. We think a manufacturer should try to make his '58 models at least somewhat the same as his '57 models-that is, they should use only six kinds of bolts instead...