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A more complete list would also include Bradbury's `` The Pedestrian '' ( 1951 ), Philip K. Dick's Solar Lottery ( 1955 ), David Karp's One ( 1953 ), Wilson Tucker's The Long Loud Silence ( 1952 ), Jack Vance's To Live Forever ( 1956 ), Gore Vidal's Messiah ( 1954 ), and Bernard Wolfe's Limbo ( 1952 ), as well as the three perhaps most outstanding dystopias, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants ( 1953 ), Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano ( 1952 ), and John Wyndham's Re-Birth ( 1953 ), works which we will later examine in detail.
* 1953 Robert Wilson observes Delbruck scattering of 1. 33 MeV gamma-rays by the electric fields of lead nuclei
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Their children were Dean Paul ( November 17, 1951-March 21, 1987 ; plane crash ), Ricci James ( born 1953 ) and Gina Caroline ( born 1956 ), whose marriage made Dean the father-in-law of The Beach Boys ' Carl Wilson.
* W. G. Constable, Richard Wilson ( 1953 )
At a time when most other tennis pros played with wooden rackets, Connors pioneered the " Wilson T2000 " steel racket, which utilized a method for stringing that had been devised and patented by Lacoste in 1953.
Sandy Wilson ( born 19 May 1924 ) is an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend ( 1953 ).
Robert Charles Wilson ( born December 15, 1953 ) is an American-Canadian science fiction author.
1953: Through the course of a Colorado autumn and winter, Mary Spencer ( Simmons ) and Fred Wilson ( Forsythe ) lead an idyllic existence.
# Raymond Blattenberger ( 1953 – 1961 ), John M. Wilson ( Acting, 1961 – 1961 ), Felix E. Cristofane ( Acting, 1961 – 1961 )
On Wednesday morning, November 18, 1953, about a week before Thanksgiving, a group from the SO Division, including Vincent Ruwet, chief of the division, John Schwab, Frank Olson, Ben Wilson, Gerald Yonetz, and John Malinowski, drove out to the retreat ... The Detrick group was met at the lodge by Sid Gottlieb, his deputy Robert Lashbrook, and a couple of others from the CIA .... On the second day of the retreat, after dinner, Gottlieb spiked a bottle of Cointreau with a small quantity of a substance that he and his TSS colleagues privately referred to as " serunin " but which was in fact lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD.
* Robert J. Wilson, candidate in the 1953 Manitoba provincial election
* Robert Charles Wilson ( born 1953 ), Canadian science fiction writer
Among Kennan's numerous other awards and distinctions were the Testimonial of Loyal and Meritorious Service from the Department of State ( 1953 ), Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Nation's Service ( 1976 ), the Order of the Pour le Mérite ( 1976 ), the Albert Einstein Peace Prize ( 1981 ), the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade ( 1982 ), the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal ( 1984 ), the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service ( 1985 ), the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation Freedom from Fear Medal ( 1987 ), the Presidential Medal of Freedom ( 1989 ), the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of State ( 1994 ), and the Library of Congress Living Legend ( 2000 ).
In 1948, Curtice became executive vice president of GM, and succeeded to the presidency in 1953 when GM president Charles Wilson became Secretary of Defense.
In 1953, Wilson left after President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him Secretary of Defense.
Wilson was the head of General Motors in 1952, but became Secretary of Defense in January 1953, thus being an early example of the military-industrial complex, which the Minderbinder character well represents.
* Charles Erwin Wilson ( 1890 – 1961 ), United States Secretary of Defense ( 1953 – 1957 ) and Head of General Motors ( also known as " Engine Charlie ")
* Charlie Wilson ( singer ) ( born 1953 ), American R & B singer-songwriter-producer and lead singer of The Gap Band ( also known as " Uncle Charlie ")
Charles Erwin Wilson ( July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961 ), American businessman and politician, was United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Eisenhower.
Wilson welcomed the reorganization plan, which became effective on June 30, 1953, as facilitating more efficient management of the Department of Defense.
In July 1954, to complement the 1953 reorganization, Wilson issued a directive to the JCS, the most important provision of which stated that " the Joint Staff work of each of the Chiefs of Staff shall take priority over all other duties ", namely their tasks as chiefs of individual services.

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Since 1953 California has led the nation in enacting guarantees that public business shall be publicly conducted, but not until this year did the lawmakers in Sacramento plug the remaining loopholes in the Brown Act.
The CSU has led the Bavarian state government since it came into existence in 1946, save from 1950 to 1953 when the Bavaria Party formed a state government in coalition with the German Branches of the SPD and FDP.
In 1946 the government set up a Royal Commission on the press which eventually led to the Press Council in 1953.
His interest in games, combined with an appreciation of history, eventually led Gygax to begin playing miniature war games in 1953 with his best friend Don Kaye.
In 1953, a Baltimore based group led by Carroll Rosenbloom won the rights to a new Baltimore National Football League franchise.
In power until his death in 1953, Stalin led the USSR during the period of post-war reconstruction, marked by the dominance of Stalinist architecture.
This started a process that led to the Bundestag approving a pact between Israel and Germany in 1953 outlining the reparations Germany would pay to Israel.
St-Laurent led the Liberals to another powerful majority in the 1953 federal election.
The medieval historian Ibn Athir relates a passage from another commander: "... both you and Saladin are Kurds and you will not let power pass into the hands of the Turks ": Minorsky ( 1953 ), p. 138 .</ ref > He led Muslim opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant.
King Saud ( 1953 – 1964 ) was considered incompetent and extravagant and his rule led to an economic and political crisis that resulted in his forced abdication.
This led to the Cold War and proxy wars with the West, including wars in Korea ( 1950 – 1953 ) and Vietnam ( 1957 – 1975 ).
Involving himself in armed rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he concluded that the U. S .- backed Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, who was widely seen as a dictator, had to be overthrown ; to this end he led a failed armed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953.
Glasgow has led the UK's university debating culture since 1953.
Winterbottom again led England to successful qualification for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland by winning the 1953 – 1954 British Home Championship.
The North Sea flood of 1953 devastated the island costing the lives of 58 islanders, and led to the temporary evacuation of the 13, 000 residents.
The American copyright had lapsed in 1953, which eventually led to a proliferation of versions being released on video.
This led to his participation in Dwight D. Eisenhower's National Housing Task Force starting in 1953.
Nasser was negotiating a British withdrawal from the Suez Canal and personally led the Egyptian negotiation team in March 1953.
The production was considered one of the highlights of a remarkable Stratford season, and led to Gielgud ( who had done little film work to that time ) playing Cassius in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 film version.
The appendices to The Lord of the Rings were brought to a finished state in 1953 – 54, but a decade later, during preparations for the release of the Second Edition, Tolkien elaborated the events that had led to the Kin-strife and introduced the regency of Rómendacil II.
It joined the Trotskyist Fourth International after fusion with the BSP in 1950, and led a general strike ( Hartal ) in 1953.
Roman Holiday ( 1953 ) introduced Audrey Hepburn to American audiences and led to Oscars for Best Actress ( Hepburn ), Costume Design ( Edith Head ), and Best Writing ( Dalton Trumbo ).
This, coupled with the success of The Glenn Miller Story ( 1953 ), led the Miller estate to ask Ray McKinley to lead a new ghost band.
The Progressive Liberal Party was formed in 1953 to represent the disenfranchised black majority and this led to the formation of the United Bahamian Party by the Bay Street Boys.
In the season, Mikan led the NBA in rebounding, averaging 14. 4 rebounds per game ( rpg ), and was named MVP of the 1953 NBA All-Star Game.

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