Word: astro
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...large, fiberglass cubicle recently built there. Inside that plastic cage sprawls Astroflash, the enormous IBM computer which, after great financial success in Paris, has invaded America's largest city. When equipped with a subject's place and exact time of birth, the mechanical monster will spew out an "astro-psy-chological portrait" and "an astralcalendar for the coming six months," at the rate of 1100 lines a minute. Trilingual as well as speedy. Astroflash I'l (its parent and predecessor remains in Paris) embodies, as the sign outside says, "a marriage of the ancient art of astrology and modern computer...
...while sinking into the Ivy basement. Penn is still on the road to a national championship. The Quakers advanced to the finals of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic regional playoff on Tuesday by downing Montelair State, 3-0, on the astro-turf of Franklin Field...
...Quakers' Franklin Field is covered with Astro-turf. which makes passing very rapid. Harvard coach Bruce Munro felt that Harvard would have trouble with Astro-turf when they played B.U. a month ago. The Crimson registered its most impressive score in that game. defeating the Terriers. 6-0. The Crimson should not be bothered by the Astro-turf at Penn...
Penn and Brown will be matched on the Astro Turf in the other Ivy opener. Expect a split in the non-league games. Expect me to be wrong. I picked Princeton by a touchdown last week. I flattered Yale by predicting a tie. If I make a few tash choices, understand that I'm upset. My Mount Kisko centennial pennant just fell off the wall...
Cocoa Beach pays unending tribute to the space age that made it prosper. Motels bear names like Sea Missile, Satellite and Polaris. There is a Celestial Trailer Court and an Astro-Dine Outer Space Eat-In. George's Steak House has rest rooms marked "Astronauts" and "Astronets." The menu suggests: "Lift off with a three-stage martini. Order a steak that soars to an apogee of taste and splash down with coffee...