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	Laser guided weapons Laser Guided Missile Background Missiles differ from rockets by virtue of a guidance system that steers them towards a pre-selected target. Unguided, or free-flight, rockets proved to be useful yet frequently inaccurate weapons when fired from aircraft during the World War... Read more
	Alan Shepard Alan Shepard The first American in space, Alan Shepard's (born 1923) 1961 flight was immortalized in the book and movie, The Right Stuff. Alan Shepard was born on November 18, 1923, in East Derry, New Hampshire, a small village a few miles south of Manchester. He was the son of an army... Read more
	Glenn Hammond Curtiss Glenn Hammond Curtiss 1878-1930, American inventor and aviation pioneer, b. Hammondsport, N.Y. He was a member of Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association (1907-9). In 1908 he made the first public flights in the United States, and in 1909 he established the first flying school there.... Read more
	Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. 1923-98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as a test pilot. On May 5, 1961, under the U.S. space program Project Mercury, he became the first American to be... Read more
	Gene Roddenberry Roddenberry, Gene American Writer and Futurist 1921-1991 Gene Roddenberry, creator of the television series Star Trek,saw space as a place for learning new ideas and ways of thinking. Born in El Paso, Texas, on August 19, 1921, Roddenberry was a pre-law student in... Read more
	conscientious objector conscientious objector person who, on the grounds of conscience, resists the authority of the state to compel military service. Such resistance, emerging in time of war, may be based on membership in a pacifistic religious sect, such as the Society of Friends (Quakers), the Dukhobors , or ... Read more
	Chuck Yeager Chuck Yeager Charles E. Yeager (born 1923), a test pilot for the United States Air Force, was the first person to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound. Charles ("Chuck") E. Yeager was born in Myra, West Virginia on February 13, 1923. His father was a driller for natural gas in the West... Read more
	guided missile guided missile self-propelled, unmanned space or air vehicle carrying an explosive warhead. Its path can be adjusted during flight, either by automatic self-contained controls or remote human control. Guided missiles are powered either by rocket engines or by jet propulsion . The American, R. H.... Read more
	Official War Art Official War Art. Art sponsored by the British Government during the First and Second World Wars to make a visual record of all aspects of the war effort for information and propaganda purposes. By extension the term is also applied to art produced under official auspices for other Allied countries.... Read more
	gliding gliding. Repeated attempts to glide by fitting wings ended in failure. But Sir George Cayley in 1852 at Brompton Hall, North Riding, sent his coachman a distance of 500 yards and in 1891 Otto Liliethal successfully launched himself in a hang-glider. As a sport, gliding developed after the First... Read more

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	Losing Springbok coaches soon feel taste of the sword.(Sports) Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa) ...reward form in the Super 14 but then shunned new Super 14 stars in favour of the...sat next to Luyt on a flight and had unwittingly won...played. Du Plessis' flight of fancy crash-landed when his Boks bumbled to defeat against a poor...
	Cards within win of pennant, beating Brew Crew 7-1 News Wire article from: AP Online ...The way the Milwaukee Brewers bumbled defensively, another short...watch."The Cardinals have won 14 straight games on getaway days...another opportunity to chant "Happy Flight! Happy Flight!"Milwaukee had not made more...
	EASTWOOD, QUIETLY, ON `EASTWOOD'.(L.A. LIFE) Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ...co-star Sondra Locke - his 14-year inamorata with whom he...and a daughter with a former flight attendant he met in his adopted...experienced. After high school, he bumbled through a series of odd jobs...But it was really his flight to Italy and a platter ...
	Cardinals within win of pennant Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) ...The way the Milwaukee Brewers bumbled defensively, another short start...watch." The Cardinals have won 14 straight games on getaway days...another opportunity to chant "Happy Flight! Happy Flight!" Milwaukee had not made more...
	Police briefs Newspaper article from: The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV) ...Pennsylvania Avenue, when the thieves bumbled the caper after being surprised...carrying a concealed handgun on a flight from Yeager Airport. Scott...and his girlfriend boarded a flight last Oct. 18 from Charleston...to deliver. Officers found 14 plants ...
	Reviews Newspaper article from: The Irish Times ...Some stage taboos are put to flight here, too. Actors are advised...and cabaret star June Rodgers bumbled through the story as Pixel Chick...year-old Kevin Keeley and 14-year-old Alan Kavanagh as...Mitrogiannopoulou as the evil stepmother; 14-year-old Jack ...
	Nats end half with loss; Zimmerman might come back Friday.(SPORTS) Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) ...year, players hurried to dress and catch flights out of town for a three-day respite before...9 runs. Since then, they have gone 14-31 while averaging only 3.4 runs a...second and third innings and each time bumbled its scoring opportunity. The most unusual...
	Reavie rules the Abbey Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press ...anything remarkable also aided his cause. Kim bumbled his way to a 75 and dropped to a tie for...event in Ohio -- so much for today's flight to Reno -- and also next week's PGA...17) Billy Mayfair $540,000 270 (-14) Sean O'Hair $290,000 271 (-13...
	Terps upend No. 1 Tar Heels; Osby, unranked Maryland hand UNC its first loss... Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) ...Maryland - the same team that bumbled its way to home losses to Ohio...6-for-15 shooting) and 14 rebounds for North Carolina...eagerness for the team's chartered flight to depart before a snowstorm...Sophomore Landon Milbourne (14 points) sat in a quiet ...
	QUICK KICKS Newspaper article from: The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) ...turmoil by skipping the team's flight home from Miami after the Rams' 14-0 loss to the Dolphins and...elsewhere, the Rams fumbled and bumbled their way through a 28-10...Sanders after the Lions had 14 penalties for 169 yards in a...