Word: vanguardism
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...spacemen were justifiably proud when their grapefruit-sized Vanguard I, the first U.S. satellite, continued to circle the earth long after later-launched rivals, both U.S. and Russian, bit the atmosphere. Now their pride has soured; Vanguard I has become a bore and a nuisance. Its radio voice, powered by solar cells, is still on the air after 4½ years. Its reports translate to nothing more important than "Here I am." And unstoppable broadcasts, which may well persist for 1,000 years, clutter up a precious radio channel...
Such channels are already scarce, and they will get scarcer still as more and gabbier satellites for communication, navigation and weather watching take to space. Many of the newcomers will have radio transmitters powered by solar cells, and unless they are silenced in some way, like Vanguard they will broadcast long after their original jobs are done. But to shush a satellite and clear its radio channel is not as simple as it sounds. A radio signal could be sent from the ground to tell the satellite to turn itself off, but this would require tying up a standby radio...
...decades been turning sows' ears into silk purses. Now they had found a silk purse that had no desire to become a sow's ear. The girl did not want to be exploited, squeezed, and stuffed with cash. Joan eventually signed with a little outfit called Vanguard, which is now a considerably bigger outfit called Vanguard...
...Foreign Legion, which was created 131 years ago for the express purpose of conquering Algeria, must now leave Algeria. The vanguard of a 1,500-man detachment has already gone to its new training area in the hills of Corsica. Another detachment is moving to new headquarters at Aubagne, a suburb of Marseille -marking the first time that the Legion has been stationed on the French mainland in peacetime. "Transporting the Legion from Sidi-bel-Abbès is like uprooting a gnarled olive tree," says Legionnaire Colonel Alberic Vaillant. "It requires care and attention to make sure...
...Kennedys, even if it does exclude her. From her visionary chair on the outside, she appraises that climate with precise intelligence. "Washington society," she says, "is dominated by the search for power and the desire to bask in its glow." Even her friends agree that in the vanguard of the search party is Betty herself...