Word: chills
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schmitt is a good-natured fellow, outgoing and quick to laugh, with a handshake untouched by the chill of outer space. He has black hair, brown eyes, a reported weight of 165 pounds, and - according to biographical data distributed by NASA - a height of 5 feet 9 inches. The Bulletin's man, at 5 feet 9 1/2 inches, had the sensation of being significantly taller than Schmitt; thought at the time that Schmitt's below-average height undoubtedly came in handy in space capsules; and on the strength of this can confidently report that when it comes to height, NASA...
...under the North Sea came from a discovery in Holland as far back as 1959, but the first two oilfields in the sea did not begin producing until last year. At least four more fields are scheduled to begin pumping by the end of 1974. Total deposits under the chill waters are estimated to be 12 billion bbl. of oil and 50 trillion cu. ft. of gas. That is rather small by Middle Eastern standards-the oil reserves would supply only two years of Mideast production-but large by almost any others. For example, the North Sea deposits probably exceed...
...suggested that he has been purified. But by nudging his hero toward the truly mythic, De Lillo overextends a book that is otherwise distinguished by a cool, clinical touch. As he demonstrated in two previous novels (Americana and the much overpraised End Zone), the author has a knack for chill atmosphere, satiric caricature and witty dialogue. He is also a good literary mechanic who knows how to assemble spare parts from older writers like Nathanael West, Paul Bowles and William Burroughs, and drive off with them...
...others to their shorts, and entered an Indian sweat lodge-a wooden framework covered by an orange carpet and a purple blanket-to receive clarity of mind and body. The warriors, perhaps 150 of them, seemed perfectly willing to die. With the sun setting behind their backs and the chill wind whipping up puffs of dust, they formed a semicircle and watched as the tribal fathers emerged from the steaming lodge...
...this season of chill and exasperation, Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber arrived in Parliament last week to perform that ancient British rite of spring, the presentation of the annual budget. The document that he produced from the traditional red leather box was a curious one. Barber himself described it as "broadly neutral," and it was a sort of plea for economic truce. Most noticeably, it dispensed an assortment of minor gifts for practically everybody. Unemployment and sickness benefits were raised by $2.46 a week and pensions by $3.94 (at a total cost of $1.4 billion). Taxes on children...