Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...earth, with the side visible to the astronauts completely illuminated. In crystal-clear detail it shows almost the entire coastline of Africa and the offshore island republic of Malagasy, the Arabian peninsula and an unusually thick cover of swirling clouds over Antarctica and the surrounding region at the bottom of the world...
...extra top decks, and shoot the episode: $500,000. In one bizarre scene in New Orleans, a Bond colleague stands watching a funeral. It is his own, and as the coffin is carried up to him, he is stabbed by Mr. Big's men. He falls, and the bottom of the coffin opens to take him inside (see overleaf...
...Truman was out of bed, ate well, seemed much better, and then, in his doctor's words, "just hit bottom." Graham had him admitted to Research Hospital.* Truman was conscious, his condition was rated "fair," and he was expected to recover. Only 26 hours after admission, his heart began racing at 140 beats per minute, his blood pressure dropped to 80 over 60 (120 over 80 is normal), and respiration was failing. To pull him through this "ultracritical" period, doctors placed an oxygen mask over his face, and gave antibiotics by intramuscular injection to help combat the congestion...
Revenue sharing, that paradigm of creative federalism, sounds big in the aggregate: $2.5 billion in the first installment of Government funds recently sent to communities round the country. But what does that mean, town by town, in terms of the bottom line? Not a whale of a lot, if you are Robert W. Harshaw, mayor of McConnells, S.C. (pop. 200). Harshaw, 69, a dairy farmer, does not remember specifically applying for a federal grant. Still, he received a check for $346. Uncertain as to what to do with such dubious largesse, Harshaw consulted Councilman Sam Crawford, who advised: "Just send...
Married. William Zeckendorf, 67, former $25-a-week building manager who wheeled and dealed his way into control of one of the world's largest real-estate empires (Webb & Knapp, Inc.), then watched the bottom fall out in 1965; and Alice Bache, 60-ish, widow of Securities Magnate Harold (Bache & Co.); both for the third time; in Manhattan...