Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...down its partner, Gemini 7. As the two ships edged closer to fly in formation, then circle each other in a stately orbital ballet, Stafford and Command Pilot Wally Schirra joined Gemini 7's Lieut. Colonel Frank Borman and Commander James Lovell at the farthest reach of the fast-expanding age of space...
...World War I fighter pilot and a mother who had been a wing walker in a flying circus, Schirra took to the air naturally. An Annapolis graduate who flew 90 combat missions in Korea, he is a fast mover on the earth, too, in a maroon Maserati...
...Method. On offense, St. Joe's relies mainly on a pro-style fast break, with Guard Matt Guokas acting as "the quarterback"-taking the ball up the center of the court and passing off to one of his two forwards for the shot. Guokas, says Coach Dolph Schayes of the pro Philadelphia Warriors, "could play for me right now." Ramsay's only complaint is that Matt, who is the best shot as well as the best playmaker on the team, is inclined to pass off too often. There's a method. So far this season, Guokas...
After that, the two girls grew up fast. At their mother's urging, they went to Paris to study, Gstaad to ski. Their parents also showed up in Europe a lot, especially their father, who had made his mark as a responsible captain of industry when he took over the company on his grandfather's death and led it to new productive heights. He bought a yacht and began taking regular cruises to the Mediterranean every season. In 1960, at a party Princess Grace gave in Paris, he met Christina Austin, a lively Italian-born divorcee. They were...
...every 50 Americans traveling between two cities takes a train-a statistic that explains why U.S. railroads have lost money on their passenger business every year since 1945. Nonetheless, many railroaders are now more optimistic about passenger trains than they have been for years. They feel that proposed new, fast trains, including a 150-m.p.h. supertrain between New York and Washington on which test runs begin next year, will eventually lure many intercity travelers from cars (now used by 90%) and planes (5%). Meantime, many lines are concentrating on special trains, spruced-up equipment, new services and engaging advertising...