Word: chambered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chamber became suspended in a cathedral-like hush. Nobody coughed. Nobody whispered. Nobody rustled. The only sound was a product of the silence -the faint click-click of photographers' cameras that was audible clear across the chamber...
...delay, or no hesitation, or no compromise with our purpose!" Slowly at first, then like a great wave, the applause grew. After a long minute. Emanuel Celler of New York, dean of the House and a longtime civil libertarian, jumped to his feet, bringing others in the chamber to their feet with him, Democrats first, then Republicans. For 30 seconds they stood, pouring out a Niagara of applause...
...Roman painting the best outside Italy, as well as giving a sense of the 1st century B.C. country squire's yearning for civility. The private study of a 15th century Italian duke, Federigo da Montefeltro, a Renaissance humanist, is a fool-the-eye masterwork; the tiny think chamber appears to have cabinets popping open with navigational tools, books and musical instruments. It is all illusion, a 91-foot cube for a pensive nobleman to fail-safe...
...apple green of hospital corridors, it has no windows. Despite its homey appurtenances which include pictures of girl friends, a sink, stove, refrigerator, TV and toilet, and its efficient air conditioning, it offers no privacy. In the middle of the floor stands the maypole-like axis around which the chamber rotates...
Darts to the Left. Within a few minutes, the chamber is revved up again to 10 r.p.m., and the day's tests begin. Playing catch with a tennis ball has become a difficult task requiring great skill and adaptation to the rotation speed. Routine jobs on a spaceship would be no easier. Since the room is moving counterclockwise, the pitcher must aim the ball to the left of the catcher. The dart board presents the same problem. Early in the run, the men readily learned to counteract the spin at low speeds. Now they are being tested again...