Word: targets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...destroyed by surprise attack, would provide the supreme deterrent to any earth aggressor. Most scientists do not agree. Nor do they think much of the idea of armed satellite bases. They see little reason to shoot from a satellite when a rocket shot from solid ground can hit any target on earth. But satellites may prove to have value as "eyes in the sky" over enemy territory...
During a just-completed trans-continental tour, Mikoyan was the target of intense picketing in a number of cities...
...Clocks & Targets. The modern gun-slinger draws against the clock instead of the marshal, fires paraffin-loaded shells that would make the bad hombres of yesteryear laugh themselves sick. Before making the draw, he must keep his hand on a button four inches from the holster. When his hand leaves the button, the clock starts running. The sound of the shot stops the clock. The Colorado Frontier Gunslingers' President Jim Dillon, a Denver butcher who likes to wear Western clothes under his meatcutter's apron, has been timed at a flashy .12 sec. In other contests, contestants...
...pretty sure I could do just as well as Jesse James or Billy the Kid," says Dillon. "Our boys regularly draw in .14 sec. Of course, if they were going to keep up with the oldtimers on accuracy, our boys would have to do some target practicing, but they can sure draw faster. The oldtimers had real poor gun belts. They often carried their guns too tight in their holsters...
...this point, says May, the U.S. tycoon is likely to crack up with a psychosomatic heart attack. In fact, psychosomaticists contend that practically any part of the body can be a target for the psyche's anxiety and despair...