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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...paratroop divisions into battle in a sector where a senior adviser predicted 90% casualties. He eventually decided that the paratroops had to be committed to combat, and ''for years thereafter," he said, "I felt that only once in a lifetime could a problem of that sort weigh as heavily on a man's mind and heart...
...next few weeks, after a well-earned rest, Kennedy must weigh seriously the course his Administration will take in putting into effect the promises of the Democratic platform. He must draft an inaugural address, designed not to away an electorate, but to awaken the American people to the dangers, sacrifices and responsibilities that the next decade will present...
Buick introduced its new compact, the Special. It and the Oldsmobile F85 (TIME, Aug. 8) both use the first aluminum V-8 engines ever mass-produced in the U.S. The engines develop 155 h.p., yet weigh only 318 Ibs. The Special has a 112-in. wheelbase (v. 123 in. for standard Buicks), weighs 1,600 Ibs. less. Factory list price for the four-door Special sedan is $2,175. The standard Buicks are more rakish than ever, feature "missile-shaped front fenders," but are 4.7 in. shorter and 2 in. narrower than last year. Prices on the big Buicks, along...
...Luyten does not know definitely the size or mass of his latest white dwarf, but he believes that it weighs at least ten tons, or 20,000 lbs., per cubic inch. It could conceivably weigh as much as 1,000 tons per cubic inch, in which case a chunk of star no bigger than a grapefruit would weigh more than the 84,000-ton Queen Elizabeth...
...President. As U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for the past seven years, he has acquired national repute as the deft negotiator who talks tough to the Russians during world crises and generally comes out on the winning side. Lodge has a handicap that some Nixonites think will weigh against him if Kennedy is the Democratic presidential nominee: Lodge lost his Senate seat to Kennedy...