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...also faced tremendous heating of the ship's outer surface on entering the denser layers of the atmosphere. I remembered the mishap of Cosmic Ship III, which on Dec. 1, 1960, burned up with its cargo of two dogs. The fate of Pchelka and Mushka had a bitterish taste. Would all systems work normally? Did some unforeseen peril await...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Yuri's Flaming Descent | 6/30/1961 | See Source »

Everything in Sardinia tasted of locust. A sickly, bitterish flavor permeated milk, cheese and beef from cattle that had crunched the pests with their fodder. (Last year several peasants, after losing their crops, then tasting locust for weeks, went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Beleaguered Island | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

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