Word: v
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Politics v. Morality...
...General of the U.S. marched into a congressional hearing room last week to argue for the Administration's new civil rights package. But instead of winning friends and dispelling doubts, Bobby Kennedy got involved in quarrels. His main antagonist: New York City's articulate Republican Representative John V. Lindsay, 41, himself an outstanding champion of civil rights...
...Massachusetts Turnpike and Exit 53 from the Merritt Parkway. Reservations in advance are advisable, and free picnic facilities are available on the grounds. All performances begin punctually; and, a half-hour before, there is an exhibition of expert juggling on the lawn. Forthcoming issues will carry reviews of "Henry V" and "The Comedy of Errors," which will be played in repertory with "King Lear" through Sept...
...admitted weakness for spike heels, stylish clothes, and a perfume called Red Moscow. From space she radioed ground control: "Please tell Mamma not to worry." Once, when ground scientists lost contact with "Seagull" (Valya's orbital call name), they hastily ordered her cosmic companion in Vostok V, Lieut. Colonel Valery Feodorovich Bykovsky, to try and rouse her. "Sorry, I was having a snooze," apologized Valya...
...experimental gas turbine, competing for the special $5,000 prize offered to the first turbine car to average 150 k.p.h. (93.2 m.p.h.) for 24 hours. Its kerosene-fueled engine measured only 30 in. from air intake to exhaust, developed only 150 h.p. (45 h.p. less than a Chevy V-8), ran so quietly that it got a nickname: "The Silent Specter." It had only two gears, forward and reverse, and the "freewheeling" engine (turning between 30,000 and 70,000 r.p.m.) provided no slowing effect on corners, putting a fantastic strain on the brakes. Nevertheless, the car never even needed...