Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...During the next three months French and American scientists hope to learn much more about the mysterious undersea area by prowling the depths some 200 miles southwest of the Azores. Their goal: the exploration of a small section of the great volcanic rift valley that cleaves the Atlantic Ocean bottom almost all the way from the Arctic to Antarctica...
...great enough (about 2 tons per sq. in.) to crush ordinary submarines. Indeed, the scientists have already had a preview of the project's perils. Last summer, during preliminary surveying, the Archimède crashed into rocks several times when it was tossed about by the strong bottom currents. The little sub had another close call when a small electrical fire filled the crew chamber with smoke and caused the premature release of ballast, sending the sub soaring rapidly to the surface. Even so, researchers seem unworried. Says Geologist Xavier Le Pichon, the chief French scientist: "The worst that...
...animated cork screws inspired by the Kama Sutra. Al though the form is that of classical dance, the positions are not. They are an exploration of every inch of space on the stage and around the dancers themselves. Haydée oozes elegantly across the floor on her bottom like a geometric snake, slithering effortlessly upward, feet first and legs spread, over Cragun's waiting shoulders. Tetley amazingly seems to have taught his dancers how to bow their hips into trompe l'oeil convex forms. The two couples slide through a visual glissando of sexual exercises so explicit...
...soaked chill. Storms repeatedly swamped the dinghy. Spirits soared-and fell-as seven ships maddeningly passed within one or two miles without sighting the Baileys. Future transoceanic yachtspersons who think that waving a shirt attracts nautical attention will be sobered by the Baileys' experience. Sharks kept bumping the bottom of the raft, whether in hopes of turning it over or simply scratching their backs the Baileys could never decide...
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