Word: brightening
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mathematician and Physicist Saul Moskowitz in a Sky and Telescope article, navigation will become more of a problem. In place of the familiar and steadfast constellations he has learned to rely on, the star traveler will encounter a mystifying and spectacularly changing sky in which stars move, change color, brighten, disappear, and magically cluster together in front...
Only a year younger than his predecessor, Allen plans to serve exactly three years as chairman. After all, says he, "anything less would be absurd, and any longer will see me an old-age pensioner." I.C.I.'s profit picture is expected to brighten during those three years. If it does not, Sir Paul's actions may be to blame, but Sir Peter will wind up paying for them...
...member of the U.S. armed forces in Viet Nam, I nominate those entertainers who have taken the time and interest to brighten our day in this far-off land...
...play, the Loeb has done an engaging job -- though not engaging throughout the entire 3 hours. Peter Johnson's scenery, first of all is convincingly Carolingian, intimate, and cleverly peels away before our eyes a la Restoration. Lewis Smith's costumes do more than dress the play -- they brighten it immeasurably and sometimes delineate the characters more than the actors do. Robert Chapman, the director, has taught his cast Restoration manners, which some have learned better than others. Applying a veneer takes time -- the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London uses up about a year in training actors...
BART: You said it, kid. We ought to give a name to the game and brighten up the war's image. Like identify the war with food or sex to fit in with our defending apple pie and motherhood...