Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...endurance record fell as the clock at Mission Control ticked off 119 hr. 6 min. from liftoff. Sitting at his control panel, Kraft said just one word: "Zap!"-a Buck Rogers exclamation to describe the blast of space guns. Then he got on the line to Cooper: "How does it feel for the U.S. to be a world record holder, Gordo?" Replied the laconic spaceman: "At last...
Diverted Thief. The answering machines are only mildly Buck Rogerish compared with Marcom Inc.'s call diverter. A thumb wheel is set with the number where the owner will be, and incoming calls are transferred there. Lawyer Melvin Belli has one, switches early-morning calls to the hamburger stand where he breakfasts. And since the call is transferred without the caller's being any the wiser, the device should be a boon to wayward husbands or junior executives who have slipped out for a quick pick...
With its pistol grip and nubby barrel, the instrument looks like the handy ray gun with which Buck Rogers and Wilma used to zap Killer Kane. It is actually a space-age wrench. Cordless and battery-powered, it was designed by Martin Marietta as a zero-reaction power tool to be used by astronauts for turning nuts and bolts in the weightless conditions of space...
...time when Jungleers Martin and Osa Johnson drew crowds to see the movies of wild animals they took in Africa and Hunter Frank Buck drew cheers for bringing them back alive. But Beatty never sentimentalized over his beasts. "You can never be certain that a lion or a tiger won't hook you if it has the opportunity," he explained. "Big cats are wild by nature, even if they're born in captivity. They never develop any affection for their trainer, no matter how gentle he may be with them...
...Brooks is an oily-smooth sinister Tolen in narrow trousers, high-heeled boots and dark glasses, cool, suave, and detestable. Michael Crawford and Donal Donnelly play awkward Colin and buck-toothed Tom with childish glee and exuberance, especially when Colin finds a bed far bigger than Tolen's could possibly...