Word: bit
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...points the story moves a bit slowly, and a director less restrained than Henry Koster might have tossed in a cavalry charge or a belly dancer to whomp things up a bit. Yet he resists temptation, and except for a few scenes in which priests of Chemosh, played by weight lifters in green lingerie, clomp about to oboe music, the picture is commendably unepic. The actors strike a reasonable compromise between self-conscious reverence and nat ural behavior, and the speeches they are given are free from the archaic flourishes that no one since the time of King James...
...Quarter Mile. The Transit satellite, the second of its series to go into or bit, is a long step toward perfecting the Navy's all-weather navigation system, scheduled for fully effective operation in 1962, which will benefit all nations on earth. The Transit navigation system is built on the fact that radio waves received from a satellite change their frequency as the satellite passes a ship or ground station. From that change, the instant when the satellite is closest can easily be determined. And since the satellite's orbit can be calculated far in advance, the almost...
...critics had a bit more trouble deciding on its artistic merit. Said the London Times noncommittally: "It is quite unlike anything which has been expected by many of the people who will have to live with...
...Dark Vision. Whatever roles Shakespeare played onstage (some think his favorite part was the ghost in Hamlet), offstage he was a prudent investor and a bit of a snob. He bought a piece of the players' company, a piece of the Globe, and eventually paid ?60 for New Place, the second grandest house in Stratford. In 1596 his father pushed his long-dormant claim to a coat of arms, and the Shakespeares
...running two months ahead of last year's record production and chalking up sales 25% over the last model year. In two years Romney has doubled production. By fall, American Motors will be able to turn out 625,000 compacts a year. Romney expects to need every bit of capacity: though he first optimistically predicted 1,750,000 compact sales in 1960, the industry now thinks the figure may reach...