Official Congressional Directory
Official Congressional Directory

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher: Joint Committee on Printing

Published: 2012-01-18

Total Pages: 1258

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Contains biographies of Senators, members of Congress, and the Judiciary. Also includes committee assignments, maps of Congressional districts, a directory of officials of executive agencies, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web addresses, and other information.

Dressing for Altitude
Dressing for Altitude

Author: Dennis R. Jenkins

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2012-08-27

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9780160901102

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"Since its earliest days, flight has been about pushing the limits of technology and, in many cases, pushing the limits of human endurance. The human body can be the limiting factor in the design of aircraft and spacecraft. Humans cannot survive unaided at high altitudes. There have been a number of books written on the subject of spacesuits, but the literature on the high-altitude pressure suits is lacking. This volume provides a high-level summary of the technological development and operational use of partial- and full-pressure suits, from the earliest models to the current high altitude, full-pressure suits used for modern aviation, as well as those that were used for launch and entry on the Space Shuttle. The goal of this work is to provide a resource on the technology for suits designed to keep humans alive at the edge of space."--NTRS Web site.

We Hold this Treasure
We Hold this Treasure

Author: Steven E. Koop

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 200

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Based Upon interviews and correspondence with more than four hundred former patients, We Hold This Treasure is the inspiring story of the first state-funded hospital in the United States to provide care for indigent, handicapped children.

Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918
Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918

Author: George Catlett Marshall

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 312

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George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it.