Word: across
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, on the 157th day of an arcing, 242-million-mile journey across the solar system Mariner 6 reached its destination. In the closest approach to Mars ever achieved by a man-made object, the U.S. spacecraft flew within 2,130 miles of earth's planetary neighbor...
Then for some months, I dug my manuscripts up from their hiding places in the ground, photographed them and buried them again. I have succeeded in bringing those films across the frontier with me-thousands of pages on film, everything I have ever written in my life. They include my known works, such as Babi Yar, but in its true form. They also include things that could not be published in Russia. And some that I doubt whether I shall be able to publish in the West...
...Syrian Sukh017 fighter-bombers streaked across Israel's northern bor der and bombed an Israeli military post on Mount Hermon. Syrian artillery opened up against the town of Ku-neitra, key military headquarters in the occupied Golan Heights. Israel denied that either attack caused casualties. The real victim was the last mutually respected cease-fire line in the Middle East. Now, besides Egypt and Jordan, Is rael must deal with an active Arab enemy on a third front...
Along the Suez, the observers provide the Egyptians with a face-saving excuse for not attempting to storm across the canal and make good on their threats to drive the Israelis from occupied Sinai. The Israelis also want the observers to stay, since their departure would symbolize chaos in the Middle East to the rest of the world and intensify pressures for big power intervention to force a settlement. As the third front opened up, there seemed more reason than ever for the observers to remain. The U.N. and every one else were only too well aware that the last...
...factory connects the points where noisome phenols might be emitted and whisks them to a scrubber system that removes the odor with absorbent filters. Since 1967, Monsanto has spent almost $3,000,000 to curb pollution in St. Louis, plus another $12 million at its other plants across the nation...