Word: flash
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Jersey, a Kennedy lieutenant received his instructions to stand by in heavily Democratic Hudson County on election night, grab the predictably heavy pro-Kennedy first returns and flash them to the West Coast, where (because of the time difference) polls would still be open for three hours and there still might be time to exploit a last-minute psychological flurry for Kennedy...
Dead Mike. Kennedy rejoined with a flash of fire: "I really don't need Mr. Nixon to tell me about what my responsibilities are as a citizen. What I down grade, Mr. Nixon." said he, "is the leadership the country is getting, not the country. You yourself said to Khrushchev [in the famed Kitchen Debate]. 'You may be ahead of us in rocket thrust, but we're ahead of you in color television.' I think that color television is not as important as rocket thrust...
Bill King has done a fine job on defense, but he has been fighting a losing battle. The other halfbacks--Peter Savage and Bill Driver--have turned in some solid performances, as has sophomore flash Tony Davies...
King, Peter Savage, and captain Bill Driver will open at the halfbacks, with sophomore flash Tony Davies seeing action both in the backfield and on the line...
...Mile Beam. The light comes in short bursts a few millionths of a second apart, and they make a flash that lasts less than a thousandth of a second. But the light is incredibly bright and concentrated. When Bell scientists set up the maser at Holmdel, N.J. and pointed its beam to hit the Murray Hill laboratory 25 miles away, the red flashes could be clearly seen with the naked eye, and they registered strongly on photomultiplier tubes. Bell Labs, whose primary interest is in communication, looks forward to perfecting long-reaching maser beams that could carry everything from telephone...