Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...points toward earth, another toward the sun, another away from the earth, one away from the sun, and a fifth in the direction the OGO travels. When two 20-ft. instrument booms and two solar panels are fully extended, the OGOs are 49 ft. long and almost 20 ft. wide, the biggest scientific satellites yet produced. According to TRW project Manager Ralph C. Turkolu, "the OGOs are to previous satellites what a jet is to a glider...
...lower the unit cost, allowing more Transit use by Navy as well as merchant ships. Last week most details of the system were being turned over to interested U.S. electronics manufacturers. The company that can most efficiently simplify the system and reduce its cost will chart a market as wide as the seven seas...
Weinberger is the proud inventor of a new nylon "body armor" - a 1/8-in.-thick fabric that holds great promise for wide use in war, law enforcement and industry. According to Davis Air craft Products Inc., the Long Island firm which is producing and developing it, the material is 48% more effective than any armor now in use. "The difference between this material and other nylon fabrics is primarily a matter of weave," says Weinberger, who is keeping the pattern a secret until his patent is granted. "It works by diverting the impact energy from the impact point." Threads...
...fabric will soon be tested in Viet Nam as a boot lining to protect infantrymen against poisoned bamboo stakes set out by the V.C. At a recent Davis demonstration, a single layer of the nylon draped over a man's knee stopped a chain saw cold, indicating a wide range of possible industrial uses. Samples have since been ordered for evaluation by the Air Force, the Marines and five foreign nations. Police in several U.S. cities are also interested. During the riots, a New York City patrolman was slashed open from shoulder to waist by a looter wielding...
...June 5 the Israelis moved into the Gaza Strip (20 miles long by 5 miles wide) with the same classic pincer tactics that the Germans had used so effectively against the Russians in the Second World War. With the Palestinian Liberation Army effectively cut off from Egyptian reen-forcements, the Israelis were able to capture Gaza City before the morning of the 6th. About three quarters of the PLA is composed of Palestinian refugees who live in incredibly compact refugee camps around Gaza City. With a little work by the Egyptians, many of the 215,000 refuges could have been...