Word: airsickers
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...come from the realization that a new talent is howling at the door. The British horror writer Clive Barker (The Inhuman Condition) has been gaining in reputation and sales, and King has become something of a cheerleader: "You read him with a book in one hand and an airsick bag in the other. That man is not fooling around. He's got a sense of humor, and he's not a dullard. He's better than I am now. He's a lot more energetic." So King is not merely posing at poolside when he promises that It will...
...decided that its neither the theory nor the pretensions that must go, but the book. It's simply not funny. Ward tries to use words he finds intrinsically funny like "airsick bag," "acne," and "sweater vest." This comic strategy can work with great success, as with Esquire's annual lists of funny words. Ward, unfortunately, chooses the wrong words...
...said wistfully as he viewed the empty aircraft: "I see faces. The faces of those who didn't come back." There is still more. A rather unnerving audio-visual display of how modern air traffic controllers work. A film called To Fly-so realistic that some viewers get airsick. Said a former Navy pilot: "My God, I'm getting vertigo." A life-size model of the Soviet Soyuz space vehicle coupled to an Apollo capsule for a display of the 1975 joint space venture. Also, of course, a model of Sputnik, the satellite that helped to goose America...
...from the island to disembark stranded passengers. Wind speeds are constantly checked; service is stopped if gusts reach 45 m.p.h. On C-2's return trip, winds caused the tram to tilt 1° to starboard, according to the onboard inclinometer. "Not feeling seasick?" asked Engineer Ozerkis. "Or airsick?" If we had said yes, he would doubtless have passed out Tramamine...
...hurtled toward the earth at 300 m.p.h., then, glued to the seat, soared skyward," says DeVoss. The Air Force had thoughtfully lent him a pistol, knife, rope, radio, parachute and other survival items. "The high point of the day was being able to give the two airsick bags back to the supply sergeant, unused...