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Other moons examined by Voyager 1 were far less shy in revealing themselves. Tiny Mimas is dominated on one side by a large crater that stares out like the ominous billboard eye in The Great Gatsby. Had the object that caused the crater been much larger, its impact might have shattered Mimas. Its other side is heavily pockmarked with small craters, indicating that it is a relatively old celestial body. Yet Mimas' companion Enceladus displays a less dramatic topography. Scientists speculate that some mysterious heat source, perhaps created by gravitational stresses, has softened its icy surface and smoothed...
Outdoor advertising in the People's Republic of China was once mainly brisk quotations from the works of Chairman Mao mixed with exhortations to work harder for the victory of Socialism. These days the billboard messages might be promotions for such American consumer products as Kodak film and Marlboro cigarettes...
...Vota si!" The exhortation seemed to come from every billboard, radio and TV set in the country, and despite a muted chorus of dissent, the issue was never really in doubt. Last week, in a national plebiscite held seven years to the day after the violent overthrow of their last freely elected government, Chile's voters roundly endorsed the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. The vote ratified a new constitution that gives Pinochet, 64, at least eight more years as "transitional" President-and suggests the full rebirth of direct democracy only in 1997. As the returns trickled...
...fast in the sun. The auto's left rear fender sports an elaborate decal -- Blue Valentine -- the very same left rear fender emblazoned on the cover of Waits' thusly titled 1978 album. As Waits comments later, sitting in manager Herb Cohen's cloistered offices, "I couldn't afford a billboard, so I wrote...
...home state. According to the plan, 7-ft. (nearly lifesize) likenesses of Parton's formidable figure will grace the sides of 30 or more 18-wheelers, along with the Slogan FOLLOW ME TO TENNESSEE. Parton was on hand at a Nashville truck stop to christen her first rolling billboard. Hefting a bottle of champagne over her head, she took a ladylike swipe at the monster rig and ... nothing happened. She swung again. No luck. And again. This time the bottle shattered on the asphalt lot. Coolly, Parton borrowed a wineglass and splashed some bubbly on target. The truckers...